Exploring the South's Best-Kept Secret: Thiruvarur Taj Mahal"
A near-replica of Agra’s Taj Mahal has been making news this week, as reports about the marble mausoleum built in Ammaiyappan village, Tiruvarur, by a son for his mother who passed away in 2020Taj Mahal, with a staggering cost of 5 crores, for his mother in Ammaiyappan near Tiruvarur. This heart warming gesture comes in the backdrop of a society where elderly parents often find themselves neglected and placed in old age homes due to the self-centeredness of their own children. Though it might sound strange, it is true. However, this is not at the Taj in Agra (oh, what a relief!) but at the mini Taj replica in Thiruvarur Town in Tamil Nadu. At the entrance to the mini Taj Mahal in Thiruvarur, the do’s and don’ts list that “lovers are not permitted”, because this replica is not built for the beloved wife but for a beloved mother by a son, a sacred mausoleum. impressive memorial has been raised at a cost of 5 crore rupees on a one-acre ground in Ammaiyappan village, his native villag...