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The Taj Mahal and the Flower of
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The Taj Mahal (1630 A.D.)
Agra, India. This immense mausoleum was built on the orders
of Shah Jahan, the fifth Muslim Mogul emperor, to honor the
memory of his beloved late wife. Built out of white marble
and standing in formally laid-out walled gardens, the Taj
Mahal is regarded as the most perfect jewel of Muslim art in
India. The emperor was consequently jailed and, it is said,
could then only see the Taj Mahal out of his small cell
window.
The Flower of Life is a
geometrical figure composed of multiple evenly-spaced,
overlapping circles, that are arranged so that they form a
flower-like pattern with a sixfold symmetry like a hexagon.
The center of each circle is on the circumference of six
surrounding circles of the same diameter.
The Flower of Life symbol is over six thousand years old.
Throughout human history, philosophers, artists, and
architects around the world have known this symbol for its
perfect form, proportion, and harmony.
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