The government’s hope is to “massage” the monument back to its original sheen.

Students help clean up the Yamuna River, a source of pollution said to be damaging the Taj Mahal India's ... had turned yellow and was now turning brown and green. Pollution, construction and ...

India's breathtakingly beautiful Taj Mahal turning yellow and green due to filthy air in world's eighth most polluted city ...

Pollution and insects are among the factors to blame The court concluded that the Taj Mahal, constructed from white marble and other materials, was turning various shades of yellow, brown and green.