tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18891086.post113190251561351106..comments2023-07-06T03:16:26.905-07:00Comments on Life experiences...: Taj Mahalsanjaykattimanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06157889972732355536noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18891086.post-1156334858791117882006-08-23T05:07:00.000-07:002006-08-23T05:07:00.000-07:00Here is a mail from Ravi Kamati that claims that T...Here is a mail from Ravi Kamati that claims that Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz's tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of<BR/>Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya). <BR/>--------------------------------------<BR/>No one has ever challenged it except Prof. P. N. Oak, who believes the <BR/>whole world has been duped. In his book Taj Mahal: The True Story, Oak says <BR/>the<BR/>Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz's tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of<BR/>Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya). In the course of his research O <BR/>ak discovered that the Shiva temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from <BR/>then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh. In his own court chronicle,<BR/>Badshahnama,<BR/>Shah Jahan admits that an exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra <BR/>was taken from Jai SIngh for Mumtaz's burial. The ex-Maharaja of Jaipur <BR/>still<BR/>retains in his secret collection two orders from Shah Jahan for<BR/>surrendering the Taj building. Using captured temples and mansions, as a <BR/>burial place for<BR/>dead courtiers and royalty was a common practice among Muslim rulers. <BR/><BR/>For example, Humayun,Akbar, Etmud-ud-Daula and Safdarjung are all buried<BR/>in such mansions. Oak's inquiries began with the name of Taj Mahal. He says <BR/><BR/>the term "Mahal" has never been used for a building in any Muslim countries <BR/>from Afghanisthan to Algeria. "The unusual explanation that the term Taj<BR/>Mahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal was illogical in atleast two respects. <BR/><BR/>Firstly, her name was never Mumtaz Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani," he writes. <BR/>Secondly, one cannot omit the first three letters 'Mum' from a woman's<BR/>name to derive the remainder as the name for the building."Taj Mahal, he <BR/>claims, is a corrupt version of Tejo Mahalaya, or Lord Shiva's Palace. Oak <BR/>also says the love story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale created<BR/>by<BR/>court sycophants, blundering historians and sloppy archaeologists. Not a <BR/>single royal chronicle of Shah Jahan's time corroborates the love story. <BR/><BR/>Furthermore, Oak cites several documents suggesting the Taj Mahal predates<BR/>Shah Jahan's era, and was a temple dedicated to Shiva, worshipped by <BR/>Rajputs of Agra city. For example, Prof. Marvin Miller of New York took a <BR/>few<BR/>samples from the riverside doorway of the Taj. Carbon dating tests revealed<BR/>that the door was 300 years older than Shah Jahan. European traveler Johan <BR/>Albert Mandelslo,who visited Agra in 1638 (only seven years after Mumtaz's <BR/>death), describes the life of the cit y in his memoirs. But he makes no<BR/>reference to the Taj Mahal being built. The writings of Peter Mundy, an <BR/>English visitor to Agra within a year of Mumtaz's death, also suggest the <BR/>Taj was a noteworthy building well before Shah Jahan's time.<BR/><BR/>Prof. Oak points out a number of design and architectural inconsistencies <BR/>that support the belief of the Taj Mahal being a typical Hindu temple<BR/>rather<BR/>than a mausoleum. Many rooms in the Taj ! Mahal have remained sealed<BR/>since Shah Jahan's time and are still inaccessible to the public. Oak <BR/>asserts they contain a headless statue of Lord Shiva and other objects <BR/>commonly used for worship rituals in Hindu temples. Fearing political<BR/>backlash, Indira Gandhi's government tried to have Prof. Oak's book<BR/>withdrawn from the bookstores, and threatened the Indian publisher of the <BR/>first edition dire consequences. There is only one way to discredit or<BR/>validate Oak's research.<BR/><BR/>The current government should open the sealed rooms of the Taj Mahal under <BR/>U.N. supervision, and let international experts investigate. <BR/><BR/>Do circulate this to all you know and let them know about this reality.....<BR/><BR/>please check this link ........it adds as a visual proof ......... <BR/><BR/>http://www.stephen-knapp.com/was_the_taj_mahal_a_vedic_temple.htm <BR/>seven-storied structuresanjaykattimanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157889972732355536noreply@blogger.com