Shahajahan chose a garden on the banks of the Yamuna
Riverto build the structure. The reason of choosing
this spot was that, there was no other structure
which could overshadow the beauty and uniqueness
of the structure he wanted to build.This was not the
only reason why the spot was chosen for the
monument,but the place was well visible from
the king Shahajahan's palace in Fort of Agra.
Shahajahan gifted with four huge havelis against
the garden he wanted to build the monument in,
with the king of Amber who owned the garden.
The construction of the monument began in 1633.
The monument was so huge that about 20,000
workersworked for more than 17 years to build it.
The King had brought skilled workers from all over
India and some neighboring countries also such as
Baghdad, Turkey etc. A renowned architect Ustaad
Ahmed Lahori was the chief architect for this project;
he was accompanied by the counterparts who were
from Delhi an Baghdad. Every outline, every look of
he structure were discussed in details,
