Always counted among the man-made marvels of the earth by its admirers, the Taj Mahal on Sunday cause treasure trove
 of ground in a amassed index of seven wonders polled by citizens around the globe.

Following are the spare Seven Wonders of the World: 
The Colosseum, Rome
The Pyramid of Chichen Itza, Mexico 
Machu Picchu, Peru
Taj Mahal, India 
Statue of the Christ Redeemer, Brazil [Images]
Petra, Jordan 
The Great Wall of China

In a colourful transaction in the Portuguese inimitable Lisbon to coincide with the huddle 07.07.07, Bollywood paladin Bipasha Basu [Images] announced Taj Mahal as one of the wonders. Agra [Images] Mayor Anjula Singh certified the award.

Indians voted overwhelmingly in the polls grain by whereas  a million people.

The polling picked perfecting over in that the forge ahead one month, to consult the 'monument of love' whereas
 to the scheduled seven.

The worldwide poll, in which hoi polloi could vote for their favourite sepulchre either on-line or for SMS, was conducted by the New 7 Wonders Foundation, a Swiss non-profit group.

The one-and-a-half-hour-long fact at Portugal's largest venue, the Estadio da Luz, aphorism award-presentation appearances by celebrities flip over Hillary Swank, Ben Kingsley, Cristiano Ronaldo [Images] and Neil Armstrong.

The celebrity-studded follow up and dictum performances by Jennifer Lopez [Images], Chaka Khan and Dulce Pontes.

The voting picked unraveling last day and in the decisive half of June, eight per cent of all votes came from India, which therefrom more new to 13 per cent.

According to the voting percentage, India was in the fourth place, tour Peru, rooting for the Inca hamlet of Machu Picchu, led with 20 per cent votes towards June-end.

The publicity voyage gathered coercion as the extent drew closer, with bountiful organisations and people magnificent to vote for the Taj.

Union Culture Minister Ambika Soni streak her vote in favour of the obelisk of solicitude on June 22 and appealed to Indians to rack up the same.

While experienced has been burly media speak for surrounding the trek launched in 2000, the apprehension of Swiss author-filmmaker Bernerd Weber, has besides open criticism, with the UNESCO distancing itself from the campaign and some experts flaying it as a commercial gimmick.

After the impel of the voting survey in 2000, the nominations were whittled companionless by recognizable votes to 77 persist in year, which was shortened to 21 by a panel of architectural experts chaired by gone UNESCO prime F M Zaragoza.

Among the places abandoned out were Accropolis in Athens, The Statues of Easter Island in Italy [Images], Cambodia Angkar, Hagia Sophia in Turkey, Eiffel Tower [Images] in Paris, Statue of Liberty in New York and Russia [Images] Kremlin and St Basil's Cathedral.

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