Real stoy of Taj Mahal

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11-Apr-06 09:51 +0100

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Real stoy of "Taj Mahal

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http://www.stephen-knapp.com/was_the_taj_mahal_a_vedic_temple.htm

 

Real History of "Taj Mahal"

 

"The Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his wife 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 an illogical in atleast two aspects. 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.....

 

This link ........it adds as a visual proof to what is described above.

 

..............n don't forget to circulate it.........

 

http://www.stephen-knapp.com/was_the_taj_mahal_a_vedic_temple.htm

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