Taj Mahal Happens to Be World’s First Historical Monument to Join Twitter

This is an honor for our country as the magnificent Taj Mahal added a beautiful feather by having its own Twitter account on Independence Day. As its Twitter account was commenced on Saturday, 15^th August, the Taj Mahal Agra known to be the 17th-century mausoleum, turned out to be the first historical monument in the world to have its official hold on a micro-blogging website.

The decision of launching the Taj Mahal Twitter account taken by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is a good one. Soon after, Chief Minister shared a family photo including his MP wife Dimple Yadav, and his son sitting in front of the Taj Mahal, and hashtagged it as #MyTajMemory. This was to invite many lovers of one of the wonders of the world to their best Taj Mahal moments.

According to the Uttar Pradesh Tourism industry, the Taj Mahal has turned out to be the first historical monument in the world to possess its Twitter account. The handling of its Twitter account will assist in having excellent communication with the tourists and thus the feedback would help in dealing with complaints.

The page is introduced by saying, Hello World! @TajMahal’s first tweet: There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who have visited me and follow me here and those who haven’t seen me and yet follow me here!

The tourism department conveyed, “Official Twitter handle of world’s most loved monument, situated in Agra. One of the wonders of the world!”

In just an hour of its launch, the Taj Mahal’s Twitter page had more than 2,000 followers. The Twitterati began hashtagging pictures of their latest visit to the Taj Mahal, the amazing monument of love.

Therefore, Taj Mahal [@Taj Mahal] made its Twitter debut in a grand way on the Independence Day of this year.

17 New Spots to View Taj Mahal to Approach Soon

People may have loved being photographed sitting on the Diana bench with the Taj Mahal in the background. It must be the most wonderful photo for them, captured as a memorable moment of their lifetime. But recently in June, the UP [Uttar Pradesh] government has planned to include 17 new viewpoints that will offer equally superb views of the Taj.

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav spoke, “The people who come to visit Taj Mahal mostly take their photos on the bench in the foreground of Taj. Therefore, in order to encourage the interest of tourists, we’ve recognized 17 new spots from where the Taj Mahal can be visible clearly, as well as it looks very stunning too.”

Well, the marble replicas of Diana’s bench have been ordered by the Agra administration that will be created in Makrana marble and will thus be hand-crafted in Rajasthan. Makrana marble is a stone utilized to build the Taj Mahal monument.

As per Agra district magistrate Pankaj Kumar, “The first lot of 5 benches will be installed in a month’s time at different vantage points on the Chandra Shekhar Park, the Taj Nature Walk, and inside the government’s forest guest house. As it is time-consuming for manual crafting, the rest of the benches will be delivered in the upcoming months.”

Pankaj Kumar added, “As Taj Mahal is closed on Friday for the tourists to make easy the Juma prayers, thus the tourists and photography enthusiasts can now view Taj from new vintage points developed around the monument.” Apart from this initiative to raise more tourists in Agra, the tourism department has also planned to start an Agra Heritage Walk series around the exceptional Taj Mahal- the tomb of Itmad-Ud-Daula, and Kachhpura mosque, among many others to make the architectural heritage of Agra highly popular.

Secretary to the department of tourism Amrit Abhijat told, “The Agra heritage walk is anticipated to begin from September 2015. We even plan to begin cycling hours around Taj; on the lines of Lucknow of Cycle-a cycling tour across Lucknow’s heritage districts that are expected to be inaugurated by CM very soon.”

Thus, now the Twitter account of Taj Mahal @Taj Mahal will grab more attention from people all around the world, not only to insert their best photos in front of the Taj Mahal but also will boost them to visit the Taj quite often and view it from various new spots.

Most probably the new rates for Indians to visit the Taj Mahal are Rs 40; and Rs 1,250 for foreigners, up considerably from the last Rs 20 and Rs 750 respectively.

Certainly, we love to visit the Taj Mahal again and again as it wins our hearts every time we view it. Those people who haven’t yet should take out their precious time only for the marvelous Taj Mahal visit situated in Agra!

 

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