Touching Taj Mahal Tribute To Late Wife

A pensioner built a £110k scale Taj Mahal in garden as tribute to his late wife of 53 years.

10:14 17 September 2015

An 80-year-old man in India built a giant replica of the historic Taj Mahal as a tribute to his late wife spending almost all his savings.

 

Faizul Hasan Quadri, who was married to his wife for 53 years, spent three years painstakingly building scaled-down Taj from scratch in the tiny village of Kaser Kalan in the northern Indian State Uttar Pradesh.

 

However, he is now facing financial challenges in completing the mausoleum. He said: "Initially, I sold a piece of land for £60,000 and my wife's gold and silver jewellery for £15,000 and got the mausoleum constructed with the help of a local mason."

 

"But now I have to get marble studded on the monument and also to build a lush green park around it, both of which is likely to cost me another £70,000.”

 

Faizul adds: "The structure is built on my own land and I have also tried to plant some trees around it and have a small body of water at the back side of the building.

 

"However, work has mostly been held up due to finances as marble costs are high.

 

"A number of people have offered me financial help but I have refused to accept so far. This is my personal endeavour for my late wife so I should do this on my own."