Taj Mahal: India monument 'not a Hindu temple'

[Kashmiri Pandit]

India's government has denied claims by a group of lawyers that the Taj Mahal monument was a Hindu temple.

Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said the government had not found any evidence to support the claim.

The lawyers filed a petition in a court last year saying that the monument should be handed over to Hindus.

The Taj Mahal, a 17C mausoleum built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a Muslim, after his wife's death, attracts about 12,000 visitors a day.

Six lawyers belonging to the city of Agra, where the monument is located, had told a court there was "substantial evidence" to prove that the famous monument was originally a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

They had urged the court to declare the monument a Hindu temple.

The Taj Mahal was completed by Shah Jahan in 1653 as a mausoleum for his third and favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child.

The monument's complex structure of white marble domes and minarets inlaid with semi-precious stones and carvings is considered the finest example of Mughal art in India.

In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a Unesco World Heritage site and attracts millions of visitors each year.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

India's government has denied claims by a group of lawyers that the Taj Mahal monument was a Hindu temple.

Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said the government had not found any evidence to support the claim.

The lawyers filed a petition in a court last year saying that the monument should be handed over to Hindus.

The Taj Mahal, a 17C mausoleum built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a Muslim, after his wife's death, attracts about 12,000 visitors a day.

Six lawyers belonging to the city of Agra, where the monument is located, had told a court there was "substantial evidence" to prove that the famous monument was originally a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

They had urged the court to declare the monument a Hindu temple.

The Taj Mahal was completed by Shah Jahan in 1653 as a mausoleum for his third and favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child.

The monument's complex structure of white marble domes and minarets inlaid with semi-precious stones and carvings is considered the finest example of Mughal art in India.

In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a Unesco World Heritage site and attracts millions of visitors each year.

Exaclty The Taj Mahal is not a hindu temple; you cannot allow disgusting rats and feed them milk around where Muslims worship. Ever since Indians got their Hands on these breathe-taking Muslim monuments, they've turned it into sht holes. The green flag will fly once again, and prufiy these areas.

 

[Chanakyaa]

Exaclty The Taj Mahal is not a hindu temple; you cannot allow disgusting rats and feed them milk around where Muslims worship. Ever since Indians got their Hands on these breathe-taking Muslim monuments, they've turned it into sht holes. The green flag will fly once again, and prufiy these areas.

What about an Entire Nation being Turned into a "Shit Hole" with Weekly Bloodshed and Terrorism ?

 

[The_Showstopper]

I hope the crackpot PN Oak's "history" will be put to rest now...

 

[ArsalanKhan21]

Seems like these Hindutva lunatics cannot even recognize a Hindu temple even if they saw one ! Taj Mahal is quintessentially a Muslim building ! While Hindu Temples have different architecture.

 

[Kashmiri Pandit]

Seems like these Hindutva lunatics cannot even recognize a Hindu temple even if they saw one ! Taj Mahal is quintessentially a Muslim building ! While Hindu Temples have different architecture.

New Architecture

 

[ArsalanKhan21]

The architectural principles of Hindu temples are described in Shilpa Shastras and Vastu Sastras. Taj Mahal does not fit the description in those Hindu architectural books.

This following new planned Hindu Temple has more Western and Muslim architecture than the traditional Hindu Temple architecture.