‘Don’t touch the marble’: visiting the Taj Mahal in a pandemic


The Taj Mahal has reopened for visitors after a six month-hiatus, with strict procedures to stem the spread of Covid-19. – EPA pic, September 21, 2020.

FROM Princess Diana to President Trump, everyone wants to visit the Taj Mahal, but in the middle of a global pandemic the bucket-list experience is just a little less special.

As India’s “monument to love” reopened today after a six-month hiatus, special rules were introduced – including no touching the white marble walls of the mausoleum built for a Mughal emperor’s favourite wife.


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