Real History of "Taj Mahal"

"The Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his life Mumtaz Mahal
built the Taj Mahal. It was built in 22 years (1631 to 1653) by 20,000
artisans brought to India from all over the world! . Many people
believe
Ustad Isa of Iran designed it." This is what your guide probably told
you if you ever visited the Taj Mahal. This is the same story I read
in my history book as a student.
NOW READ THIS.......

No one has ever challenged it except Prof. P. N. Oak, who
believes the whole world has been duped. In his book Taj Mahal: The
True Story, Oak says the Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz's tomb but an
ancient Hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo
Mahalaya). In the course of his research Oak discovered that the Shiva
temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur,
Jai Singh. In his own court chronicle, Badshahnama,Shah Jahan admits
that an exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra was taken from
Jai SIngh for Mumtaz's burial. The ex-Maharaja  of Jaipur still
retains in his secret collection two orders from Shah Jahan for
surrendering the Taj building. Using captured temples and mansions, as
a burial place ! for dead courtiers and royalty was a common practice
among  Muslim rulers. For example, Humayun,Akbar, Etmud-ud-Daula and
Safdarjung are all buried in such mansions. Oak's inquiries began with
the name of Taj Mahal.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 asserts 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.

Do circulate this to all you know and let them know about this
reality.....

please check this link ........it adds as a visual proof  to what I
sent ..............n don't forget to circulate it.........



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