Almost four centuries that it resists everything. A series of severe thunderstorms that killed 13 people in the northern Indian region of Agra on Friday also damaged the Taj Mahal, including the site's front door and two of the railings, he said. -an official Sunday announced.
The Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World and India's main tourist attraction, has been closed since mid-March due to the coronavirus epidemic.
Photos taken by AFP on Sunday show that part of a railing has completely disappeared. "A railing which is part of the original structure of the monument has been damaged," the head of India's archaeological services, Vasant Kumar Swarnkar, confirmed to AFP.
The main structure was not affected
"Another more recent railing, a false ceiling in the area where tourists are waiting, and the base of the main entrance gate to the site were also damaged," he added.
However, the main structure of the mausoleum built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631, is intact.
Severe thunderstorms hit the entire region on Friday, killing at least 13 people. This kind of deadly thunderstorm is relatively common during the monsoon season in India from June to October. A series of thunderstorms that hit last year in August and September the state of Madhya Pradesh, in the center of the country, had killed 150 people.
