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Taj Mahal was one of the Art and architecture good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
January 1, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
June 16, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
September 28, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
September 6, 2007	Good article reassessment	Kept
August 16, 2009	Good article reassessment	Kept
April 2, 2015	Peer review	Reviewed
May 11, 2015	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
November 17, 2018	Peer review	Reviewed
March 4, 2021	Good article reassessment	Delisted
July 2, 2024	Good article nominee	Not listed
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Size of the garden

Latest comment: 1 year ago7 comments4 people in discussion

Good morning. The article states: „The complex is set around a large 300 m2 (3,200 sq ft) charbagh or Mughal garden.“ It‘s hard to believe that the garden is that small. Nikkis (talk) 09:04, 26 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

~~Can you prove it with any reliable source? (wp:rs)?~~ — Cerium4B —Talk? • 09:35, 26 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Having been there, it is surely much larger than that. We also say "The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house" - apart from the buildings, all the rest inside the walled compound is garden. Johnbod (talk) 12:01, 26 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

For many years (back to 2019 at least) the article said "The complex is set around a large 300-metre (980 ft) square charbagh or Mughal garden", which is even more nonsensical. I have removed the numbers completely, until we get a referenced figure. Johnbod (talk) 12:11, 26 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Back in 2005 we said "Measuring 1000 ft × 1000 ft (300 m × 300 m), the garden has ...". I think the maths has challenged some editors here; 300 m × 300 m is 9,000 m2, is it not? And the metres-feet conversion is very rough. Johnbod (talk) 12:20, 26 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Erm - sorry Johnbod but 300 x 300 = 90,000, not 9,000. Best wishes - Arjayay (talk) 12:35, 26 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Oh, well, there you go - not 300 anyway. I suppose areas around the edges, especially near the entrance, might not be counted as "garden", so I won't attempt to reconcile the "17-hectare (42-acre)" with this. Johnbod (talk) 12:39, 26 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Taj Mahal: The Silent Poem of Stone and Shadow

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Aleeza Hanif (talk) 04:43, 2 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Rename article to Tejo Mahalaya

Latest comment: 10 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Wikipedia should update

Recently movie has been released based on true events

Hence this article should be renamed too Tejo Mahalaya and it is a Hindu temple not some mahal

Modi is going to rename soon, so wikipedia do it now ~2025-32419-73 (talk) 17:39, 9 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

For people curious what this is about, see The Taj Story. Short answer, no , we won't. Fram (talk) 10:56, 10 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Size of the garden

Taj Mahal: The Silent Poem of Stone and Shadow

Rename article to Tejo Mahalaya