Taj Mahal Central Dome is “NOT” Asymmetrical

 Part – 1

                                                                                                                              Date - 8 September

Taj Mahal Central Dome is “NOT” Asymmetrical

- Dr.Ram Bajaj (Structural Engineer)



If the dimension of the central dome of Taj Mahal is taken & calculated wrong – then everything, in the proof of the Central Dome being Asmeymtrical is wrong. The central dome of Taj Mahal is 100% symmetrical.


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ताजमहल के मुख्य गुमंद (Central Dome) की गोलाई की बनावट में बहुत बड़ा फर्क-मुगल सम्राट शांहजहां से इतनी बड़ी चूक हो ही नहीं सकती।

-डॉ.राम बजाज (Structural Engineer)

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Dr.Ram Bajaj (Structural Engineer)

General article published in “current science ac.in” by the authors – Dilip R Ahuja and M.B.Rajani. They are in the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India.

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These experts, on advance studies, have tried their level best to prove the slight inter factions in the symmetry of central dome by the physical experiments on a printed photograph of Taj – taken from anywhere and one that shows part or all of the drum (which is not possible to take from any photograph of Taj). Figure shown in their study.


  1. They have never mentioned the size of the photograph – which is very important in their study because-


  1. One way to establish this fact quantitatively is to take horizontals lies of the dome and measure the two sides across the “central axis”. Figure 2, plots the radius of the two sides of the “outer drum” shown in figure-1 which is the photo of Taj Mahal along with smaller dome of the Taj. How the authors have taken the slices of the drums and plotted on which size of graph? (Standard printed call based graph will not be easily available in the market).  As the size of graph is very important because there are more errors in a small sized graph.


  1. The 'so called' measurements taken of slices are on which calibrated scale of measurement? One cannot measure the length of so cut slices by using normal 10th class standard of scale.


  1. However, the so measured slices – on such scale will have a major error in measurement on the scale of drawing of such photographs on paper graphs as they have the size of a general copy used by the students of class 10th.


  1. What was the “scale of drawing” with reference to the cutting pieces of slices of the photograph?


  1. Conversions of “diameter” & “height of dome” data’s on such scale of graph & measurement by the 10th class standard of scale – will never be accurate on such plotting against various height of dome, meter and radius of outer dome in question for non-symmetry of the central dome.


  1. Authors have explained it like a “craft class” of 6th standard that is 'carefully cut along the boundary' by a ordinary scissors (कैंची) will not give a desirable result (no-not possible) to prove the non-symmetry or imperfections of central dome of Taj Mahal. Take various sizes of photographs of Taj Mahal by small & big scanners. You will find that there are a lot of differences between small photo's compared to bigger photographs.


  1. Remember that the imperfection is the magnitude of “0.92 meter (maximum) at 19.67 meter height” which was highly unacceptable to any Mughal Emperor.

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  1. Various magnitude of offset shown in the graph at various heights varies from 0.16 meter to 0.92 meter. These figures are alarming in nature and more alarming for any structural engineer because when this is clubbed with the stability of dome – it has certain different meaning and conclusions, as during earthquake or deadly thunderstorm of having wind velocity more than 134KMPH on 1st June 2020 and which had damaged the structure of our Taj Mahal.


  1. When one folds the picture along the “central axis”one will find that the two edges do not concede.


How the authors have come across and found out the central axis of the photographs? The central axis has to be drawn by a thinner carbon pencil of 4H grade with the help of a calibrated protector of engineering standards. The author has not done so.


  1. If you take various sizes of scanned pictures of Taj Mahal and find out the central axis as suggested by the authors you will get different result for different sizes of the bigger and smaller photographs of the Taj Mahal. Then one cannot draw such conclusion on the symmetry of Taj Mahal’s central dome, without proper central axis.




Now we are coming on the most important parts of this concluded asymmetry of the central dome of Taj Mahal


The authors of advanced studies probably must not have the knowledge of the dimentions of the Taj Mahal; otherwise they would have not made such unrealistic mistake, error and manipulation of the data's of the Taj Mahal.




  1. Authors have shown the maximum height of central dome of Taj as 30 meters which it is not? 


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                                                                                      Reference & Courtesy: currentscience.ac.in


  1. The authors have calculated the measurements of central dome having cylindrical diameter 31.31 meter at zero meter height as well as at 1.79 meter height (31.31 meter diameter) which is not in actual position.

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                                                                                      Reference & Courtesy: currentscience.ac.in


At 19.67 meter height the diameter of drum shown by the author is 24.95 meter which does not concede with actual height at site. Also it bisects at the radius 13.4 meter=26.8 meter diameter, whereas on the smaller diameter at 19.67 meter comes out 12.3 meter equal to 24.6 meter, which also does not concede with actual diameter as well as authors calculation.


  1. The authors have calculated the maximum diameter of dome as 33.62 at 9.24 meter height of dome with having offset 0.42 meter. Which is not available in actual dimension.


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                                                                                            Reference & Courtesy: currentscience.ac.in

The maximum diameter of dome at 9.24 meter height is 33.62 meter having offset 0.42 meter.


  1. Diameter of cylindrical portion at zero height is 31.31 meter which is absolutely wrong, as shown by the Author.


From where these dimensions are received and calculated for such a serious finding? Where is everybody's concern for such unremarkable, un-symmetry of central dome of our Taj.


Now please go through the actual dimensions of the Taj – which is shown here with that the maximum height of the central dome is 24.384 Meter (80ft) and cylinder infernal diameter is 58ft without the thickness of wall.





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A team member working on the Taj Mahal, standing behind the back portion of Taj Mahal having Yamuna River. (North Side)



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Dr.Ram Bajaj – Structural Engineer on spot at Taj Mahal-analysis at various visits.

Dr.Ram Bajaj & his team of experts on spot at Taj Mahal-analysis at various visits.


Dr.Ram Bajaj

Ph.D,  M.Structural Engineer,

B.E. (Civil Engineering) From 

B.I.T.S, Pilani

M.A. (Economics)

M.A. (Public Admin.) 

M.Com (Fin. Man.) 

L.L.B. 

Diploma In Interior Decoration M.I.E.

F.I.V

Chartered Engineer 

Structural Engineer 

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Note: Your advise will be highly appreciated.


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