Taj Mahal endures, but its birthplace slowly crumbles

It is no secret that the Taj Mahal is a monument of love, built by a Mogul emperor as the final resting place for his beloved queen who died giving birth to their 14th child in 1631.

What's less known is that the white-marbled tomb was not her first resting place after death.

Queen Mumtaz Mahal in fact died some 900 kilometers away in central India's Burhanpur town and was buried there, in a rose-tinted sandstone pavilion in her favorite deer park. The once opulent and richly decorated pavilion is now a sad, crumbling ruin, thanks to neglect and apathy by authorities and Burhanpur's own 200,000 residents.