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Articles: News | Do Read it, it is true : BBC says about Taj Mahal....... - Mr. Satyendra Gonuguntla
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He says the
term 'Mahal' has never been used for a building in any Muslim
countries from Afghanisthan to Algeria. 'The unusual explanation that
the term Taj Mahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal was illogical in atleast
two respects. Firstly, her name was never Mumtaz Mahal but
Mumtaz-ul-Zamani,' he writes. Secondly, one cannot omit the first
three letters 'Mum' from a woman's name to derive the remainder as the
name for the building.'Taj Mahal, he claims, is a corrupt version of
Tejo Mahalaya, or Lord Shiva's Palace. Oak also says the love story of
Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale created by court sycophants,
blundering historians and sloppy archaeologists. Not a single royal
chronicle of Shah Jahan's time corroborates the love story.
- Furthermore, Oak cites several documents suggesting the Taj Mahal
predates Shah Jahan's era, and was a temple dedicated to Shiva,
worshipped by Rajputs of Agra city. For example, Prof. Marvin Miller
of New York took a few 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 he makes no reference to the Taj Mahal being
built.
- The writings of Peter Mundy, an English visitor to Agra within a
year of Mumtaz's death, also suggest the Taj was a noteworthy building
well before Shah Jahan's time.
Prof. Oak points out a number of design and architectural
inconsistencies that support the belief of the Taj Mahal being a
typical Hindu temple rather than a mausoleum.
Many rooms in the Taj ! Mahal have remained sealed since Shah
Jahan's time and are still inaccessible to the public. Oak assrts they
contain a headless statue of Lord Shiva and other objects commonly
used for worship rituals in Hindu temples. Fearing political backlash,
Indira Gandhi's government tried to have Prof. Oak's book withdrawn
from the bookstores, and threatened the Indian publisher of the first
edition dire consequences.
There is only one way to discredit or validate Oak's research. The
current government should open the sealed rooms of the Taj Mahal under
U.N. supervision, and let international experts investigate.
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www.stephen-knapp.com/was_the_taj_mahal_a_vedic_temple.htm
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