Dubai has unveiled plans for a £665 million reproduction of the Taj Mahal that will not only be four times bigger than the 17th century original but contain a shopping centre, a 300-room five-star hotel, serviced apartments and bridal wear stores.
Not content with the constructing the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, the sail-shaped Burj al Arab hotel and a palm tree-shaped archipelago of luxury properties, developers in the Gulf city want to use the Taj Arabia project to attract wedding business.
The aim is to complete the project in two years, compared to the 22 years it took to build the marble mausoleum at Agra dedicated by the Indian emperor Shah Jahan to his third wife Mumtaz.
Developers hope it will be known as the “New City of Love”.
“Imagine if this immaculate tribute to love could be the setting for the milestone event in the life of a man and woman,” says the voice greeting visitors to the project’s website. “This dream will soon become reality.”
Arun Mehra, chairman of Link Global Group, one of the developers involved in the project, told the Xpress newspaper.
Reference: Arun Panchariya Dubai
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