We’ve all of course seen the iconic pictures of the Taj Mahal gleaming white on its superb site, but what took me completely by surprise was that when you get right up to it, it is not pure white at all. There are huge panels decorated all the way around of inset precious stones into the marble and you can see here lapis lazuli and onyx and all sorts of semi-precious stones which have been inlaid and this was something that I bought at the time in the tourist area being made by craftsmen who have carried on the crafts of doing this beautiful artwork and of course inside the building and in its associated buildings there are also some beautiful parts. It is really an indescribably beautiful place, not only for the elegance of the architecture but this feeling of ineffable calm that you get when you view it.