The Taj Mahal, regarded as one of the most beautiful monuments, was on Saturday voted in a global poll as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World.
Officials of the I Media Corp, the Indian representative of 'New7wonders of the World,' claimed they got the information about the Mughal marvel getting into the list from the Swiss organization, which organised the worldwide campaign.
The official declaration of the new Seven Wonders of the World will be done in Lisbon at 0145 hours IST on Sunday.
Asked about the number of votes cast in favour of Taj, 'the monument of love,' the I Media Corp officials told PTI that they have no information regarding this.
"Information like the number of voted polled in favour of Taj and the other selected monuments will be available only after the official declaration," they said.
The worldwide poll, in which people could vote for their favourite monument either online or through SMS, was conducted by the New 7 Wonders Foundation, a Swiss non-profit group.
Earlier, media reports said that the organisers had on June seven named the world wonders that had received enough votes to be categorised among the top 10 and the bottom 10. However, no official ranking was allotted to the wonders.
The wonders at the top of the list were India's Taj Mahal, Greece's Acropolis, Italy's Colosseum, Peru's Machu Picchu, Barzil's Christ the Redeemer, the Great Wall of China, Eiffel Tower in Paris, Mexico's Chichen Itza, Chile's statues of Easter Island and Jordan's Petra.
The bottom list comprised of United States' Statue of Liberty, Australia's Sydney Opera House, Cambodia's Angkor Wat, Russia's Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral, Britain's Stonehenge, Spain's Alhambra, Turkey's Hagia Sophia, Japan's Kiyomizu Temple, Germany's Neuschwanstein Castle and Mali's Timbuktu.
Source : http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jul/07wonders.htm
Officials of the I Media Corp, the Indian representative of 'New7wonders of the World,' claimed they got the information about the Mughal marvel getting into the list from the Swiss organization, which organised the worldwide campaign.
The official declaration of the new Seven Wonders of the World will be done in Lisbon at 0145 hours IST on Sunday.
Asked about the number of votes cast in favour of Taj, 'the monument of love,' the I Media Corp officials told PTI that they have no information regarding this.
"Information like the number of voted polled in favour of Taj and the other selected monuments will be available only after the official declaration," they said.
The worldwide poll, in which people could vote for their favourite monument either online or through SMS, was conducted by the New 7 Wonders Foundation, a Swiss non-profit group.
Earlier, media reports said that the organisers had on June seven named the world wonders that had received enough votes to be categorised among the top 10 and the bottom 10. However, no official ranking was allotted to the wonders.
The wonders at the top of the list were India's Taj Mahal, Greece's Acropolis, Italy's Colosseum, Peru's Machu Picchu, Barzil's Christ the Redeemer, the Great Wall of China, Eiffel Tower in Paris, Mexico's Chichen Itza, Chile's statues of Easter Island and Jordan's Petra.
The bottom list comprised of United States' Statue of Liberty, Australia's Sydney Opera House, Cambodia's Angkor Wat, Russia's Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral, Britain's Stonehenge, Spain's Alhambra, Turkey's Hagia Sophia, Japan's Kiyomizu Temple, Germany's Neuschwanstein Castle and Mali's Timbuktu.
Source : http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jul/07wonders.htm