Photos from India--The Taj Mahal pt 1

And I present to you... one of the 7th Monumental wonders of the world... the famous (but not all that fantastic) Taj Mahal! Well, I have to give credit where credit is due so... yes, the Taj Mahal is a fantastic feat of engineering and design. And it is beautiful. But at the end of the day, it is but a lavish tomb.

Brings to my mind once again of Man's preoccupation with death. Doesn't matter what race or civilisation he comes from, death is the final and greatest sting that Man has always (and is still trying) been trying to defeat. But when will he ever accept that Man cannot and will not defeat death, for death HAS BEEN defeated :) That's the Hope that we have as Christians. That there's something greater than death. Something more eternal, something brighter... And that something is a someone :)

Thank You Jesus Christ

The passage in Mark 13 also came to mind. A reminder that for all the beauty and wisdom of man, these stones will fall away. But the Word of the Lord is eternal :) Hallelujah!

Anyhow, these few posts are basically different angles of the Taj.

The Taj in the light of the early morning... didn't manage to catch the Taj @ sunrise though :( But nice enough I guess

This particular picture wasn't taken by me but by my bro!

This is the position of the sun when we arrived at the Taj

Underexposed the shot to display the reflective characteristics of white marble... reflection looks as though its off water