Mahal was a Shiva temple: Vinay Katiyar,

March 23, 2005

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Taj Mahal was a Shiva temple: Vinay KatiyarPress Trust of IndiaLucknow, March

23, 2005|21:57 ISTSeeking to rake up a controversy, BJP leader Vinay Katiyar on

Wednesday claimed the Taj Mahal in Agra was actually a Shiva temple built by

Raja Jai Singh and and named 'Tejo Mai Mahal'."The Taj Mahal was, in fact, a

Shiva temple and was built by Raja Jai Singh. Its name was Tejo Mai Mahal

(shining palace)," Katiyar said in Lucknow."This fact finds mention in the book

'Badshahnama' by Abdul Hamid Lahori, a close associate of Mughal emperor Shah

Jahan," he claimed.Samajwadi Party leader and UP Parliamentary Affairs Minister

Azam Khan's statement that the Taj Mahal was a graveyard 'is only a half truth',

Katiyar said and added "it is no doubt a graveyard as Shah Jahan brought back

the body of his wife Mumtaz Mahal from Burahanpur village, where she had died,

and buried it in the temple after removing the Shivalinga"."It (the Taj)

actually belongs to us (Hindus) and we will do everything possible to reclaim

it," Katiyar said adding a 'Shankar Sena' (Shiva army) would soon be formed and

'Damrus' (Shiva's drum) distributed among the people to create awareness on this

issue.His statement came close on the heels of claims of ownership of the Taj by

the Shia community and Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf board, with the support of UP

minister for Parliamentary Affairs Azam Khan to the 17th century architectural

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