New Seven Wonders of the World list: Aishwarya Rai votes for Taj Mahal

On December 1st, the Taj Mahal was added to the list of nominated Wonders of the World. Bollywood actress, Aishwarya Rai was in India to promote the Taj nomination. A total of 70 sites have been nominated in this new list. The monuments with the most votes by the end of February 2005 will be reviewed by the N7W panel of experts for inclusion in a shortlist of 21 monuments, which will again be short-listed to the final seven.

A Swiss adventurer flew past the Taj Mahal in a hot air balloon on Wednesday to give momentum to his campaign to get India’s 17th-century monument to love on a new list of the Seven Wonders of the World, sponsors said.

Former Indian Miss World Aishwarya Rai waved as Bernard Weber, who travels the world via hot air balloon and seaplane, hovered close to the Taj for 15 minutes as part of his internet campaign to choose a new list of wonders for the new millennium.
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