Chouksey, who has refused to disclose the cost of the house, said: ‘I wanted to make a unique house in a small town, there are new houses built every year but I wanted to make a house that remains the talk of town forever.’ The original Taj Mahal was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between 1632 and 1653 as a tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal on the banks of Yamuna river in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Today, the Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the world, along with the Great Wall of China, Chichén Itzá in Mexico, Petra in Jordan, Machu Picchu in Peru, Christ the Redeemer in Brazil, and the Colosseum in Italy.