Dubai to build own '4 times bigger' Taj Mahal for 'honeymooners' in just 2 yrs

[Blackwater]

Manama, Oct. 4 (ANI): Developers in Dubai are reportedly planning to construct a replica of the famous Taj Mahal, which would be over four times bigger than the original monument.






Developers said that Taj Arabia, an imitation of the 360-year-old marble mausoleum that took Mughal emperor Shah Jahan almost 22 years to build, would be constructed in a span of just two years.
The billion-dollar project will be set in the heart of the 41-million square foot Falcon City of Wonders on the Emirates Road.
Developers said that Taj Arabia would be symbolic of 'love and romance' just like the Taj Mahal and would celebrate the union of couples by serving as the world's grandest wedding destination.
"Marriage is a celebration. It needs to be announced and glorified. Currently Dubai is not regarded as a wedding destination. People go to Bali and other exotic places to marry. Now they will come to Taj Arabia," Gulf News quoted Arun Mehra, Chairman of the Link Global Group, sub-developers of the mega project, as saying.
According to the report, Taj Arabia will be a five-star hotel property with 300 rooms, and would be flanked by seven mixed-use buildings, two of which will have 200 serviced apartments.
"Taj Arabia will not be a 100 per cent replica as it has a different purpose. That said, we definitely want to create the same spirit of love and passion in today's modern times when divorce rates are fast picking up," Mehra said.
"Traditionally in the UAE and the sub-continent, marriage is not just a union of two people but also their families. The serviced apartments beside Taj Arabia will be ideal for wedding guests as they will have 10 large bedrooms and a hall. We want to create an atmosphere which bonds family members," he added.
Dubai's Falcon City of Wonders, an integrated mega city shaped to represent the falcon which is emblem of the UAE's heritage, would include several historical and modern icons of architecture from around the world such as the Pyramids, Hanging Gardens, Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China, and Leaning Tower of Pisa, the report said. (ANI)

Dubai to build own '4 times bigger' Taj Mahal for 'honeymooners' in just 2 yrs! - Yahoo! India Finance

 

[EzioAltaïr]

Manama, Oct. 4 (ANI): Developers in Dubai are reportedly planning to construct a replica of the famous Taj Mahal, which would be over four times bigger than the original monument.
Developers said that Taj Arabia, an imitation of the 360-year-old marble mausoleum that took Mughal emperor Shah Jahan almost 22 years to build, would be constructed in a span of just two years.
The billion-dollar project will be set in the heart of the 41-million square foot Falcon City of Wonders on the Emirates Road.
Developers said that Taj Arabia would be symbolic of 'love and romance' just like the Taj Mahal and would celebrate the union of couples by serving as the world's grandest wedding destination.
"Marriage is a celebration. It needs to be announced and glorified. Currently Dubai is not regarded as a wedding destination. People go to Bali and other exotic places to marry. Now they will come to Taj Arabia," Gulf News quoted Arun Mehra, Chairman of the Link Global Group, sub-developers of the mega project, as saying.
According to the report, Taj Arabia will be a five-star hotel property with 300 rooms, and would be flanked by seven mixed-use buildings, two of which will have 200 serviced apartments.
"Taj Arabia will not be a 100 per cent replica as it has a different purpose. That said, we definitely want to create the same spirit of love and passion in today's modern times when divorce rates are fast picking up," Mehra said.
"Traditionally in the UAE and the sub-continent, marriage is not just a union of two people but also their families. The serviced apartments beside Taj Arabia will be ideal for wedding guests as they will have 10 large bedrooms and a hall. We want to create an atmosphere which bonds family members," he added.
Dubai's Falcon City of Wonders, an integrated mega city shaped to represent the falcon which is emblem of the UAE's heritage, would include several historical and modern icons of architecture from around the world such as the Pyramids, Hanging Gardens, Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China, and Leaning Tower of Pisa, the report said. (ANI)

Dubai to build own '4 times bigger' Taj Mahal for 'honeymooners' in just 2 yrs! - Yahoo! India Finance

Will they cut off the hands of the architects after that?

 

[Blackwater]

these people will remain same for centuries.

when shahjahan was wasting money on taj mahal, England was building oxford university.

today instead of making 4 times bigger university still thinking of building taj:shocked::shocked:

 

[Known_Unknown]

It's not just the Taj Mahal they're replicating:

Dubai Taj Mahal and other ancient wonders to cost $12 billion

Dubai Taj Mahal and other ancient wonders to cost $12 billion - The National

Rory Jones and Lucy Barnard

Oct 4, 2012 Updated three hours and 10 minutes ago


The planned Falconcity of Wonders project in Dubai, with its replica of the Taj Mahal and Eiffel Tower, will cost more than US$12 billion (Dh44.07bn) to build, its developer said yesterday at Cityscape Global in Dubai.


One of the most ambitious projects ever planned in Dubai, Falconcity could eventually house 35,000 people, offer reproductions of eight wonders of the world, and include a mall and theme park.

Salem Al Moosa, the chief executive and chairman of Falconcity, said the project would take up to 10 years to build and that he hoped to raise half of the funding from outside investors.

The cost will go beyond $10 billion to $12bn, he said. "I'm delighted if there are investors. I already have four or five, six, investors with me."

The project has been in the works for the last six years after first being launched in 2006. But Mr Al Moosa said the project had not been on hold. Rather, he said the infrastructure for the site was being put in place over the last few years.

"Our project is not on hold. Our project has been on since 2006 after we launched it," said Mr Al Moosa. "We have been building the infrastructure. We have spent billions. Building takes time. The infrastructure for such a project takes effort and time."

Falconcity is planned to hold a replica of the Taj Mahal of Agra, called the Taj Arabia, an Eiffel Tower, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Great Wall of China, the pyramids of Egypt, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the canals of Venice and a copy of Alexandria's long-lost lighthouse.

Link Global Group, a Indian developer, will be one of the investors in the project and help to build the Taj Arabia, which is planned to be bigger than the original.

"There are projects that are based on feasibility studies and run by good management, and there are projects, speculator projects. In any part of the world, there's no place for speculators," said Mr Al Moosa.

"There is supply and demand, but you provide the thing that not everybody is providing, then people will come to you."

And as Cityscape Global drew to a close yesterday, delegates were looking back on three days that veered from hubristic optimism of a return to the boom years to calls for restraint on speculation and better regulation.

There was a sense that the boom was indeed back, with dozens of huge and glowing scale models advertising new schemes such as Meydan's Hadaeq and Meydan Tower, Meraas's vast Beach development on JBR Walk, human models posing in wedding dresses and traditional Cossak outfits and talk of villa prices in some parts of the city returning to pre-crash levels.

Indeed, while Mr Al Moosa was outlining his ambitious vision, Sultan bin Mejren, the director general of the Dubai Land Department, was announcing in the hall next door a new Real Estate Arbitration Centre to deal with the thousands of property disputes currently dealt with by the Land Department as a result of the previous downturn.

"There is an urgent need to establish a centre to settle real-estate disputes in a smooth and fast manner," said Mr bin Mejren. "Real-estate arbitration is the quickest way to resolve such conflicts in the world."

Others were just happy to see Dubai's property market out of the worst.

"This year's Cityscape has beaten all expectations and has certainly been the busiest show in four years. It is a visual representation of the recent reports and commentary which confirms that the Dubai property market is back in a big way," said Niall McLoughlin, the senior vice president for Damac Properties. "The Dubai property market is well set and we must welcome this with cautious optimism but not get overly carried away."

 

[Blackwater]

It's not just the Taj Mahal they're replicating:

arabs and their kids pakis will never learn

 

[blank_quest]

बाजारिकरन कर रहे हैं और कुच नहि| साले मालुम है तेल खतम हो जायेगा इस लिये अभि से तैयारी मे लगे हैं. lovers Industry is in the mind. They know how to do business,,,

 

[blank_quest]

پاکستانیو گاند مرو

 

[p2prada]

Only the Arabs would do such things, especially Dubai.

 

[blank_quest]

ال ارب ال پاپا The ARABS The PAPA! अरब बड़े पापा हैं |

 

[IBSA]

Arabs dont build universities because such people haven't brained-ones to study in them. They just have fundamentalists, brainwashed suckers people. Mullahs only allows theology courses.

Besides no intelligence, they also appears to have no criativity. Why they don't build an Arab-styled city or monument, something of their own culture, instead to copy what the others did?? Imagine an Indian saying proudly that his country has the Taj Mahal, a French saying his country has the Eiffel Tower, and an UAE's citizen saying his country has the..., the.... has a simulacres of them....

 

[The Messiah]

It will still be fake and an replica.

Arabs cant even catch fish and they have to hire Indians to catch it for them. I wouldn't be surprised if some corporation wispered this into the ears of some fat brainless sheik so as to swindle money from him while selling him dreams.

 

[rock127]

So Dubai the Islamic country would become land of "Honeymooners"??? Does Islam allows Kafirs to come and have "Honeymoons" now?

 

[opesys]

Why the heck are they looking for investors from outside ? they are a cash rich country...$12bn can be raised easily from their own country ? it's a huge investment for a stupid idea... I hope outsiders will not fall for it.. Australian Bank now is not seeing any worth for their investment in some of the real estate projects in Dubai..
I hope investors from outside will back off otherwise wait for another recession to happen in the next decade...

 

[Blackwater]

Only the Arabs would do such things, especially Dubai.

mughals did the same

 

[IBSA]

Will spend they US$ 12 billions or more to build a great complex for honeymooners couples to /f/u/c/k/ inside it???

Do they will gift a Kama Sutra for the honeymooners??? Until as I know Quran don't provides 'instructions' for honeymooners.

And about gay honeymooners couples, will Taj Arabia to accept them?? I think yes, for the Pakjabs can to go in it.

 

[Singh]

Dubai has no money.

 

[ashdoc]

anyway muslims consider living in the taj mahal or its replica as unlucky , much less a honeymoon in it .

thats because the taj mahal is a grave after all---not a lucky place . generally taj replicas are not found in muslim homes . only the hindus keep taj replicas in their homes .

 

[blueskylover]

I don't know how many of you are aware of this guys, but the Taj is not actually a muslim tomb. I have been hearing a lot of people say that it was a temple of Lord Shiva, and the more I read, the more it sounded plausible - given the history of islam in that part of our country.

And when I visited it in person and saw its unmistakable Hindu iconography (Pradakshina marga, Kalash on top, A complete depiction of the kalash with coconut and mango leaves on the eastern side, Om-shaped dhatura flowers, Rooms, rooms and more rooms, Agrahara etc), I was more or less convinced that this is the case.

Check out these links. Or just google it.

Hidden Truths about Taj Mahal ! - Interesting Facts

The True Story of the Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal: Was it a Vedic Temple?

 

[LurkerBaba]

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That is pure nonsense