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10 - Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built it in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz.
9 - Mumtaz died while giving birth to Shah Jahan's 14th child.
8 - Outside its walls, there are smaller tombs of other Shah Jahan's wives.
7 - Soon after construction, Shah Jahan was put under house arrest by his son.
6 - Built using geometric principles, even the drains here are hexagonal.
5 - Over 1000 elephants were used to transport materials.
4 - During modern wars, scaffolding has been used to hide Taj from air bombers.
3 - Intricate calligraphy on stone cites passages from Quran.
2 - Reportedly, a British governor unsuccessfully tried to sell Taj during colonization.
1 - Depending on time of day, the reflecting stone changes color.
Some of these may not fact.
Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz Mahal’s tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya). Shiva temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh.The ex-Maharaja of Jaipur still retains in his secret collection two orders from Shah Jahan for surrendering the Taj building.
Proofs follow below:
1. The term Tajmahal itself never occurs in any mogul court paper or chronicle even in Aurangzeb’s time. The attempt to explain it away asTaj-i-mahal is therefore, ridiculous.
2. The ending “Mahal” is never muslim because in none of the muslimcountries around the world from Afghanistan to Algeria is there abuilding known as “Mahal”.
3. The unusual explanation of the term Tajmahal derives from MumtazMahal, who is buried in it, is illogical in at least two respects viz.,firstly her name was never Mumtaj Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani and secondly one cannot omit the first three letters “Mum” from a woman’s name to derive the remainder as the name of the building.
4. Since the lady’s name was Mumtaz (ending with ‘Z’) the name of the building derived from her should have been Taz Mahal, if at all,and not Taj (spelled with a ‘J’).
5. Several European visitors of Shahjahan’s time allude to the buildingas Taj-e-Mahal is almost the correct tradition, age old Sanskrit nameTej-o-Mahalaya, signifying a Shiva temple. Contrarily Shahjahan and Aurangzeb scrupulously avoid using the Sanskrit term and call it justa holy grave.
6. The tomb should be understood to signify not A building but only the grave or centotaph inside it. This would help people to realize that all dead muslim courtiers and royalty including Humayun, Akbar,Mumtaz, Etmad-ud-Daula and Safdarjang have been buried incaptured Hindu mansions and temples.
7. Moreover, if the Taj is believed to be a burial place, how can the term Mahal, i.e., mansion apply to it?
8. Since the term Taj Mahal does not occur in mogul courts it is absurd to search for any mogul explanation for it. Both its components namely, ‘Taj’ and’ Mahal’ are of Sanskrit origin.
9. The term Taj Mahal is a corrupt form of the sanskrit termTejoMahalay signifying a Shiva Temple. Agreshwar Mahadev i.e.The Lord of Agra was consecrated in it.
10. The tradition of removing the shoes before climbing the marbleplatform originates from pre Shahjahan times when the Taj was a Shiva Temple. Had the Taj originated as a tomb, shoes need not have to be removed because shoes are a necessity in a cemetery.
11. Visitors may notice that the base slab of the centotaph is the marble basement in plain white while its superstructure and the other three centotaphs on the two floors are covered with inlaid creeper designs. This indicates that the marble pedestal of the Shiva idol is still in place and Mumtaz’s centotaphs are fake.
12. The pitchers carved inside the upper border of the marble lattice plus those mounted on it number 108-a number sacred in Hindu Temple tradition.
13. There are persons who are connected with the repair and the maintenance of the Taj who have seen the ancient sacred ShivaLinga and other idols sealed in the thick walls and in chambers in the secret, sealed red stone stories below the marble basement. TheArchaeological Survey of India is keeping discretely, politely and diplomatically silent about it to the point of dereliction of its own duty to probe into hidden historical evidence.
14. In India there are 12 Jyotirlingas i.e. the outstanding ShivaTemples. The Tejomahalaya alias The Tajmahal appears to be one of them known as Nagnatheshwar since its parapet is girdled with Naga,i.e., Cobra figures. Ever since Shahjahan’s capture of it the sacredtemple has lost its Hindudom.
15. The famous Hindu treatise on architecture titled VishwakarmaVastushastra mentions the Tej-Linga amongst the hivalingas i.e.the stone emblems of Lord Shiva, the Hindu deity. Such a Tej Lingawas consecrated in the Taj Mahal, hence the term Taj Mahal aliasTejo Mahalaya.
16. Agra city, in which the Taj Mahal is located, is an ancient centre of Shiva worship. Its orthodox residents have through ages continuedthe tradition of worshipping at five Shiva shrines before taking the lastmeal every night especially during the month of Shravan. During thelast few centuries the residents of Agra had to be content withworshipping at only four prominent Shiva temples viz.,Balkeshwar ,Prithvinath,Manakameshwar and Rajarajeshwar. They had losttrack of the fifth Shiva deity which their forefathers worshipped.Apparently the fifth was Agreshwar Mahadev agnatheshwar i.e.The Lord Great God of Agra, The Deity of the King of Cobras,consecrated in the Tejomahalay alias Tajmahal.
17. The three firmans demanding marble were sent to Jaisingh within about two years of Mumtaz’s death. Had Shahjahan really built theTajmahal over a period of 22 years, the marble would have neededonly after 15 or 20 years not immediately after Mumtaz’s death.
18. The plaque put the archealogy department outside the Tajmahaldescribes the edifice as a mausoleum built by Shahjahan for his wifeMumtaz Mahal, over 22 years from 1631 to 1653 That plaque is aspecimen of historical bungling. Firstly, the plaque sites no authority for its claim. Secondly the lady’s name was Mumtaz-ul- Zumani and not Mumtazmahal. Thirdly, the period of 22 years is taken from some mumbo jumbo noting by an unreliable French visitor Tavernier, to thee xclusion of all muslim versions, which is an absurdity.
Taj Mahal (A Hindu Temple) | Save Hinduism
I do not have any independent proof of this, it is from this site.
In his book Taj Mahal: The True Story, Oak claims that the Taj Mahal was originally a Shiva temple or a Rajput palace seized by Shah Jahan and adopted as a tomb.
Emperor Shah Jahan’s great great grandfather Babur’s ‘Memoirs’ (his court chronicle) refer to the Taj Mahal 104 years before Mumtaz’s death.
There is no record in history that Shah Jahan had any special infatuation for Mumtaz. In fact history records that he used to run after various other women from his own daughter to his maids.
According to the old chronicles, Akbar on his early visits to Agra used to stay in Khawaspura and Jaisinghpura area of Agra, which suggests that he stayed in the Taj Mahal as there is no other residence suitable for an Emperor in the area.
An English visitor, Peter Mundy who was in India only for about a year after Mumtaz’s death mentions the Taj Mahal as one of the most spectacular buildings. This could not have been possible as it apparently took 22 years for the Taj Mahal to be constructed.
Professor Marvin Miller of New York took samples from the riverside doorway of the Taj. Carbon dating tests revealed that the door was 300 years older than Shah Jahan.
European traveler Johan Albert Mandelslo, who visited Agra in 1638 (only seven years after Mumtaz’s death), describes the life of the city in his memoirs, but makes no reference to the Taj Mahal being built.
The only way to really validate or discredit Oak’s research is to open the sealed rooms of the Taj Mahal, and allow international experts to investigate processes like radio-carbon dating on various parts of the building.
Do we have the political will to do that?
Sorry Mr. PJ I always wanted to discuss this topic, but was afraid. I am not a hindutwa fanatic, but I would like some explanation of these discrepancies.
