The gardens surrounding this Indian icon align with each
summer and winter solstice. On the said summer’s day, usually June 21, dawn
breaks over a pavilion to the northeast and the Sun sets behind another to the
northwest. The two pavilions guard between them the Taj Mahal’s mausoleum and
minarets.Around December 21,
the winter solstice Sun repeats the journey from
one pavilion to the next—only this time starting with one to the southeast and
finishing the day behind another to the southwest.The solstice Sun could have
been a tool architects used to assure accuracy during the monument’s
construction. In fact, the mammoth Taj Mahal is perfectly positioned along a
north-south line.Other solstice gardens exist, but not all have mastered solar
orientations with such precision. The bigger the area, the harder it is to
create a solstice complex. The vast grounds of the Taj Mahal have perfect Sun
alignments
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