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In the storm that came late on Friday night, the net of the platform of the Taj Mahal main dome fell. Several pieces of netting fell towards the Yamuna. Apart from this, the sheds above the turn style gate towards East Gate and Western Gate also fell. Earlier in the year 2018, many monuments including Taj Mahal had suffered significant damage.
According to Superintending Archaeologist Vasant Kumar Swarnakar, some stones have fallen on the walls of the main dome of the Taj Mahal in the storm that occurred on Friday. He said that the damage to the memorial will be seen on Saturday morning. Information about other monuments is also being made. Remember that earlier in the year 2018, in the storm that occurred on April 11, the Taj Mahal, symbol of the love of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal was heavily damaged. The pillar of the royal door had fallen. The glassy glass was shattered. At that time there was a storm at a speed of 130 kilometers per hour. There was rain and hail as well.
The bouquet pillar on the Royal Gate had fallen. The bouquet pillar of the southern gate of the Taj, the ramp designed for the differently-abled, the bouquet in the tomb of Sirhindi Begum, etc. were also damaged. The tree had fallen in the enclosure of Revathi adjacent to the Taj Mahal. Officials of the Archaeological Survey of India had told that trees and jungle stones also fell in Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri, Sikandra, Rambagh.
After this, there was a storm in Agra on May 5. Then the two towers of the storm Taj Mahal were shaken. For the first time in 368 years, the main structure of the Taj was damaged. According to the ASI, the window of the Taj Minar’s window was also broken. Here, the porch of the doors of the Badshahi door was broken in Salim Chishti’s Dargah complex in Fatehpur Sikri. At the same time, the balcony of the two bastions of Zanana Roja are also broken.
