CAN A REPLICA MATCH THE ORIGINAL WONDER ?

Anything unique and famous is got to attract many admirers, some of whom just limit themselves to praises while a few others go one step further to create a duplicate to preserve the thing they admire, forever with them. Similar is the case of Taj Mahal, the unmatched beauty of excellence, whether in terms of beauty, history or architecture.

One of the 'New Seven Wonders of the World' Taj Mahal, has inspired a person so much that he has created replica, knowing the fact that he can't match the brilliance of the bygone era rather it would only raise comparisons with the mighty original. The replica of Taj Mahal is being erected in the Narayanganj district of Bangladesh.

The great Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's creation of love is being duplicated by a wealthy businessman of Bangladesh, named Ahsanullah Moni. The replica is a part of the film city being constructed by him in his home town to shoot a movie on the love story of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, which is the essence of the great monument. This replica spans in an area of 50 acres (20 hectares approx.) and around US $ 57 million are being invested in its construction.

By copying the famed architectural edifice of India, the filmmaker is trying his best to boost the low profile image of Bangladesh as a travel destination. For this Moni has also fixed an entry ticket of the under-construction building at 50 taka (Bangladeshi currency), which is equivalent to 71 cents. It is rather impossible to ape what the Indian technicians created in the 17th century by laboriously working for 20 years in a stretch. A marble miniature can better and more humbly represent the graceful monument than a new age replica.

Its not just one such replica, the Taj Mahal has so many admirers that its beauty has been tried to be encapsulated in the form of match-stick, sand and even plastic miniatures. Several hotels, palaces and restaurants in India and abroad have been named after the celebrity monument, but nothing can take away its sheen. It just spreads the message, that original wonder will remain original.