![People take pictures with their mobile phones near the Taj Mahal in Agra on September 8, 2020. India's top tourist attraction the Taj Mahal is set to reopen more than six months after it was shut, officials said on September 8, even as the vast nation battles soaring coronavirus infections. / AFP / Pawan SHARMA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/T7AZNVMNX2HE67QGLUTZY3KOMI.jpg?smart=true&auth=0102198deb8c7e306d491b0e62c907e741e57285f407f31986e784ae56e8ddb1&width=400&height=225)
People take pictures with their phones near the Taj Mahal, which will reopen later this month. AFP
People take pictures with their phones near the Taj Mahal, which will reopen later this month. AFP
India's Taj Mahal to reopen in September with social distancing and face masks mandatory
The famed attraction, which has been closed for six months, will reopen despite the country facing soaring cases of Covid-19