Taj Mahal Bangladesh Explained

23.7461°N 90.5675°WTaj Mahal Bangladesh (Bengali: তাজ মহল বাংলাদেশ) is an architectural imitation of Taj Mahal, a Mughal mausoleum in Agra, India,. The structure was built by Ahsanullah Moni, a Bangladeshi film-maker, as a tourism destination for low-income families from Bangladesh. Construction of the 1.6 hectare complex took five years from 2003 to 2008, and cost about $58 million.^{[1] [2]} It was opened to the public in March, 2009.^[3]

Controversy

The Indian High Commission expressed concern about possible copyright infringement of the original building,^[4] despite it being "unlikely to detract from the magnificence of the original".^[5]

See also

• Taj Mahal replicas and derivatives

External links

• Bangladesh to open own Taj Mahal
• Replica of Taj Mahal opens to public in Bangladesh
• Bangladesh gets its own Taj

Notes and References

1. News: Dummett . Mark . 9 December 2008 . Bangladesh to open own Taj Mahal . BBC News . 20 October 2011.
2. News: Randeep Ramesh in Delhi . 10 December 2008 . Bangladeshi director to build mini-Taj Mahal . The Guardian . UK . 20 October 2011.
3. Web site: Sonargaon, Bangladesh . 2 January 2009 . Bangladesh Gets a Preview of Faux Taj Mahal . .voanews.com . 20 October 2011.
4. Web site: 10 December 2008 . India fumes at duplicate Bangladeshi Taj Mahal . dead . Hindustan Times . India . 20 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605230336/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/bangladesh/India-fumes-at-duplicate-Bangladeshi-Taj-Mahal/Article1-357126.aspx . 5 June 2011.
5. News: Rhys Blakely . 12 December 2008 . No love lost over Bangladesh's copycat version of the Taj Mahal . The Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20081217141806/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/architecture_and_design/article5327562.ece . 17 December 2008 . 20 October 2011.