A vicious tempest has decimated two old columns at the passages to the Taj Mahal, an authority said Thursday, underscoring the delicacy of the hundreds of years old marble landmark to love.
The four-meter high sandstone minarets beat by lavish towers were left in pieces in the wake of being felled by solid breezes late Wednesday.
"Two beautiful columns crumbled the previous evening in the midst of high-speed winds. One of the columns remained at the imperial entryway, and the other at the southern door," an authority from the Archeological Survey of India told AFP.
None of the four white marble minarets encompassing the Taj-or the dynamite gleaming tomb itself-were harmed in the tempest, experts said.
Vacationers frequently get their first look at the Taj-an UNESCO world legacy site-through the illustrious door, an amazing post like passageway made generally of red sandstone. It was flanked by two forcing minarets before the tempest cut one smashing down.
Film demonstrated the stone columns lying in expansive broken pieces, the unmistakable tower still in place yet isolated neatly from the pole. No one was harmed by the falling steeples, experts said.
Mughal sovereign Shah Jahan manufactured the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his cherished spouse Mumtaz Mahal, who kicked the bucket conceiving an offspring in 1631.
The Taj-one of the world's most famous vacation spots is assailed by issues from air contamination yellowing the marble to creepy crawlies leaving green stains on its back divider.
Endeavors to reestablish its magnificence have dragged into a fourth year, with platform damaging the view for the 10,000 or more travelers that visit the seventeenth century sepulcher consistently.
Work is yet to start on its fundamental vault, with specialists worried about how to continue with taking care of the delicate centerpiece.