No guide to Aurangabad is complete without mentioning Bibi ka Maqbara. Known as the Taj of the Deccan, it is one of the city’s iconic monuments. Like his father Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife, Aurangzeb too commissioned a mausoleum for his wife Rabia-ul-Daurani.
However, it was his son Muhammad Azam Shah who eventually built the Bibi ka Maqbara in memory of his mother. Unlike the Taj Mahal, which is built of marble, Bibi ka Maqbara is made of limestone and plaster and is encased in marble, but the onion dome is all marble.
In my opinion, the comparisons to the Taj Mahal do injustice to this monument, which has its own humble charm.