What’s colour of Taj? Scientific study to find out

科学研究发现泰姬陵的颜色

AGRA: What’s the colour of the Taj Mahal? While you may have already guessed the answer, the Union culture and environment ministry is not taking any chances. A month after the Supreme Court expressed concern over the change of colour of the iconic Mughal-era monument, Union culture and environment minister Mahesh Sharma said that a scientific study will be conducted to assess the exact colour of the marble of Taj Mahal and its report will be produced in the apex court.

阿格拉：泰姬陵是什么颜色的?也许你可能已经猜到了答案，但联邦文化与环境部并没有抓住任何机会。在最高法院对这座莫卧儿王朝古迹的标志性颜色出现变化表示担忧的一个月后，联邦文化和环境部长马赫什沙尔玛说，将对泰姬陵大理石的准确颜色进行科学研究，研究报告将提交至最高法院。

“First it was yellow and now it is becoming brown and green,” a bench comprising Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta had observed on May 1 after the court perused the photographs placed before it by petitioner M C Mehta and asked additional solicitor general A N S Nadkarni, who was representing the government, as to why the colour of Taj Mahal has changed.

5月1日，最高法院法官M B 洛克尔和迪帕克·古普塔在仔细看过请愿者M C梅塔提供的泰姬陵的照片后说，“先是泛黄，现在看起来发绿发棕”，法官要求副检察长N S 纳德卡尔尼代表政府解释泰姬陵的颜色发生变化的原因。

“We don't know whether you have or perhaps don't have the expertise. Even if you have the expertise, you are not utilising it. Or perhaps you don’t care,” the bench had said. “Perhaps we need some expert organisation from outside India unless there is a decision that the Taj has to go,” the bench said sarcastically, adding, “you can get experts from India as well as from outside.”

法官说：“我们不知道你们有没有，或者说你们也许并没有专业知识。即使你们有专业技术，却没有好好加以利用。或许你们就是压根不关心这个问题。”法官挖苦说：“也许我们需要一些来自印度境外的专家组织，除非泰姬陵被下令拆除。你可以从印度境内外请专家处理。”

Speaking at a workshop of stakeholders on issues relating to pollution around Taj Mahal here on Sunday, Sharma said, “We have original photographs of the monument that are over 100 years old and the same will be compared with pictures taken after cleaning of the monument to measure the changes”. The technique, known as colour stereography, uses two almost identical pictures that when viewed through special glasses or a stereoscope form a single three-dimensional image. It allows people to perceive both variations in colour and variations of light.

沙尔玛周日在一个有关泰姬陵周边污染问题的研讨会上说，“我们有100年多前的老照片，我们将把它与清理纪念碑后拍摄的照片作比较，来测定颜色的变化程度。”这种技术被称为“彩色立体成像”，它使用特殊的眼镜或立体镜观察两幅几乎完全相同的图片，图片会变成三维图像。可以让人们感知颜色的变化和光线的变化。

Sharma said that after this scientific study, there will be a proper document, so that "no one can raise questions on the colour of the 17the century mausoleum or claim that it’s turning yellow or brown".

沙尔玛说，在这项科学研究完成之后，将会生成一份文档，这样“就不会有人对17世纪的泰姬陵颜色提出质疑，也不会有人称它正在变黄或变棕”。

When asked if the Centre is considering the apex court’s suggestion to involve international experts in the conservation of the Unesco world heritage site, Sharma refused to comment, saying that the matter is sub-judice. He, however, said that the government will put ground realities before the court.

当被问及中央政府是否正在考虑最高法院提出的申请国际专家参与联合国教科文组织世界遗产保护工作的建议时，沙尔玛拒绝置评，称此事尚未定夺。然而他表示，政府会将事实摆在法官面前。

Environmentalist Mehta has filed the plea seeking protection of the Taj from the ill-effects of polluting gases and deforestation in and around the area.

环境保护学家梅塔提出请求，希望泰姬陵不再受该地区及其周围污染气体和森林砍伐的不良影响。

The top court has been monitoring developments in the area to protect the monument, built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal between 1632 and 1653.

最高法院一直在监控该地区的发展，以保护这座由莫卧儿王朝的皇帝沙贾汗为他的妻子蒙塔兹·玛哈尔在1632年至1653年期间修建的历史遗迹。

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外文：http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/

Jainti Patel

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Jainti-10 hours ago

Yogi will paint it safferon -BJP/RSS color

约吉会把它涂成藏红花的颜色-这也是人民党和民族志工组织的颜色

Mohan Mulchand Aina

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Mohan-8 hours ago-Follow

Just a minute I will ask my small grandson and for sure he will answer it rightly the color of Taj Mahal... Lol...

请稍等，我问一下我的小孙子，他一定会给我泰姬陵颜色的正确答案……哈哈

Siv Sarkar

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Siv Sarkar-9 hours ago

Finally it will turn saffron! Lol!

最后它会变成藏红花色!哈哈!

Anurag Lodha

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Anurag Lodha-8 hours ago-Follow

Time for Supreme Court to open the hidden chambers of Taj, they will reveal lot of Hindu sculptures of Shiv. As it''s originally a Mandir of Shiv , there is no harm of painting it with Saffron .

最高法院是时候打开泰姬陵的密室，他们会发现很多印度教的石像雕塑。因为它最早是湿婆寺庙，用藏红花色来涂画它并无不可。

Manu Mishra

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Manu-New Delhi-9 hours ago-Follow

These people have nothing constructive to do.

这些人就没有什么建设性的事情可做。

Yogesh Sharma

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Yogesh-Location-6 hours ago-Follow

Sheer senselessness. Stones can be changed. Plant desi and native trees around Taj Mahal. Remove the illegal colonies around Taj Mahal. Constrct dams and check dams on Yamuna to increase the green area.

完全没有意义。石头也会变的。在泰姬陵周围种植当地的树木。清除泰姬陵周围的非法聚居地。在亚穆纳建设大坝和检查大坝，增加绿化面积。

Michaelalok

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Michaelalok-6 hours ago-Follow

AND BJP WILL CHOOSE ITS OWN SAFFRON COLOUR. TRULY, THESE PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING CONSTRUCTIVE TO DO

而印度人民党会说是自己的藏红花色。确实，这些人没有什么建设性的事情可做