<p>Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday (27 October) began his trip to India with a visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra and described it as "even more stunning" than he had expected.<br><br>Zuckerberg, who arrived in India to deepen links with a country that is home to the largest number of Facebook users outside the US, said he had "always wanted to see" the Taj Mahal.<br><br>"I'm in India for our Townhall Q&A tomorrow, and I decided to visit the Taj Mahal. I've always wanted to see this," he said in his Facebook post.<br><br>He described the country's most-photographed and photogenic monument as "even more stunning than I expected.<br><br>It's incredible what people can build -- and what love can motivate us to build."<br><br>He also posted picture of him sitting infront of the Taj Mahal that was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the 1600s.<br><br>Within couple of hours, his Taj Mahal post had received over 450,000 likes, 11,000 comments and 7,700 shares.<br><br>Zuckerberg will host a townhall Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi where around 900 students are expected to attend the Q&A session.<br><br>India is home to over 130 million users, making it the second largest user base for the world's largest social networking site after the US.<br><br>Before coming to India, he yesterday delivered a 20-minute speech in Mandarin at Tsinghua University in China.<br><br>The young billionaire, who is married to Chinese-American Priscilla Chan, had set himself the goal of learning Mandarin in 2010.<br><br>After his speech, he shared his accomplishment with his followers on Facebook along with a a video of the speech with English subtitles.<br><br>"I just gave my first ever speech in Chinese at Tsinghua University in Beijing -- on why you need a strong sense of mission to change the world.<br><br>"This was also my first real speech in any language sharing how I started thinking about Facebook's mission, what has kept me going through challenging times and what our mission means now looking ahead for our community of 1.5 billion people," he wrote.<br><br>Zuckerberg had joined the board of Tsinghua's School of Economics and Management last year. He had last month conversed with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Mandarin at a meeting with technology chiefs in the US.<br><br>Facebook is banned in mainland China and remains untapped for Facebook that has over 1.3 billion users globally.<br><br>(PTI)</p>
