Everyone recognizes the Taj Mahal as one of the Seven. The mausoleum is a glorious structure, built of white marble, and symbolizes purity, love and pain, like no other architecture does. Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore called the Taj Mahal “a tear drop on the cheek of time.”, built in Agra, India, has. Let us look at some of the interesting facts about Taj Mahal. Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan had the, whom he held precious. Mumtaz Mahal was giving birth to the fourteenth child of the emperor, and she died in the process.