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Subject: The Taj Mahal is a Hindu Temple - Part 6 of 6.
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************* THE TAJ MAHAL IS A HINDU TEMPLE **************

                     By Shri P. N. Oak
                        (Copyright)

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93.  At  the  backside of the river bank is a Hindu cremato-
rium, several palaces, Shiva temples and bathings of ancient
origin. Had Shahjahan built the Tajmahal, he would have des-
troyed the Hindu features.

94. The story that Shahjahan wanted to build a Black  marble
Taj  across  the river, is another motivated myth. The ruins
dotting the other side of  the  river  are  those  of  Hindu
structures  demolished  during  muslim invasions and not the
plinth of another Tajmahal.   Shahjahan  who  did  not  even
build the white Tajmahal would hardly ever think of building
a black marble Taj. He was so miserly that he forced labour-
ers  to  work  gratis even in the superficial tampering nec-
cesary to make a Hindu temple serve as a Muslim tomb.

95. The marble that  Shahjahan  used  for  grafting  Koranic
lettering in the Taj is of a pale white shade while the rest
of the Taj is built of a marble with rich yellow tint.  This
disparity  is proof of the Koranic extracts being a superim-
position.

96. Though imaginative attempts have been made by some  his-
torians  to  foist  some  fictitious  name on history as the
designer of the Taj others more  imaginative  have  credited
Shahjahan  himself with superb architectural proficiency and
artistic talent which could easily conceive and plan the Taj
even in acute bereavment. Such people betray gross ignorance
of history in as much as Shahjahan  was  a  cruel  tyrant, a
great womaniser and a drug and drink addict.

97. Fanciful accounts about Shahjahan commissioning  the Taj
are allconfused. Some asserted that Shahjahan ordered build-
ing drawing from all over the world and chose one from among
them. Others assert that a man at hand was ordered to design
a mausoleum and his design was approved. Had  any  of  those
versions  been true Shahjahan's court papers should have had
thousands of drawings concerning the Taj. But there  is  not
even  a  single drawing. This is yet another clinching proof
that Shahjahan did not commission the Taj.

98. The Tajmahal is surrounded by huge  mansions which indi-
cate  that  several  battles  have been waged around the Taj
several times.

99. At the south east corner of the Taj is an ancient  royal
cattle  house.  Cows attached to the Tejomahalay temple used
to reared there. A cowshed is an incongruity in  an  Islamic
tomb.

100. Over the western flank of the Taj are  several  stately
red stone annexes. These are superfluous for a mausoleum.

101. The entire Taj complex comprises of 400 to  500  rooms.
Residential  acomodation  on  such  a  stupendous  scale  is
unthinkable in a mausoleum.

102. The neighboring Tajganj  township's massive  protective
wall  also encloses the Tajmahal temple palace complex. This
is a clear indication that the Tejomahalay temple palace was
part  and  parcel of the township. A street of that township
leads straight  into  the  Tajmahal.  The  Tajganj  gate  is
aligned  in  a  perfect  straight  line to the octagonal red
stone garden gate and  the  stately  entrance  arch  of  the
Tajmahal.  The Tajganj gate besides being central to the Taj
temple complex, is also put on a pedestal. The western  gate
by  which  the  visitors enter the Taj complex is a campara-
tively minor gateway. It has become the entry gate for  most
visitors  today because the railway station and the bus sta-
tion are on that side.

103. The Tajmahal has pleasure pavillions which a tomb would
never have.

104. A tiny mirror glass in a gallery of  the  Red  Fort  in
Agra reflects the Taj mahal. Shahjahan is said to have spent
his last eight years of life as a prisoner in  that  gallery
peering at the reflected Tajmahal and sighing in the name of
Mumtaz. This myth is a blend of many falsehoods. Firstly,old
Shahjahan  was  held  prisoner by  his  son Aurangzeb in the
basement storey in the Fort and not in  an  open,fashionable
upper  storey.  Secondly,  the  glass piece was fixed in the
1930's by  Insha  Allah  Khan, a  peon  of  the  archaeology
dept.just to illustrate to the visitors how in ancient times
the entire apartment used to scintillate  with  tiny  mirror
pieces  reflecting  the  Tejomahalay temple a thousand fold.
Thirdly, a old decrepit Shahjahan with pain  in  his  joints
and  cataract  in  his eyes, would not spend his day craning
his neck at an awkward angle to peer into a tiny glass piece
with bedimmed eyesight when he could as well his face around
and have full,direct view of the Tjamahal  itself.  But  the
general public is so gullible as to gulp all such prattle of
wily, unscrupulous guides.

105. That the Tajmahal  dome  has  hundreds  of  iron  rings
sticking  out  of  its exterior is a feature rarely noticed.
These are made to hold Hindu earthen oil  lamps  for  temple
illumination.

106. Those putting implicit faith in Shahjahan authorship of
the  Taj  have been imagining Shahjahan-Mumtaz to be a soft-
hearted romantic pair like Romeo  and  Juliet.  But  contem-
porary  accounts  speak of Shahjahan as a hard hearted ruler
who was constantly egged on to acts of tyranny and  cruelty,
by Mumtaz.

107.  School  and  College  history  carry  the  myth   that
Shahjahan reign was a golden period in which there was peace
and plenty and that Shahjahan commissioned many buildings  &
patronized  literature.  This is pure fabrication. Shahjahan
did not commission even a single building as we  have illus-
trated  by  a  detailed  analysis  of  the  Tajmahal legend.
Shahjahan had to enrage in 48  military  campaigns  during a
reign of nearly 30 years which proves that his was not a era
of peace and plenty.

108. The interior of the dome rising over  Mumtaz's cenotaph
has  a representation of Sun and cobras drawn in gold. Hindu
warriors trace their origin to the Sun. For an Islamic  mau-
soleum  the  Sun is redundant. Cobras  are always associated
with Lord Shiva.

FORGED DOCUMENTS :

109. The muslim caretakers of the tomb in the Tajmahal  used
to  possess  a  document  which  they  styled  as "Tarikh-i-
Tajmahal".  Historian H.G. Keene has branded it as `a  docu-
ment  of  doubtful  authenticity'. Keene was uncannily right
since we have seen that Shahjahan not being the  creator  of
the  Tajmahal  any document which credits Shahjahan with the
Tajmahal, must be an outright  forgery.   Even  that  forged
document  is reported to have been smuggled out of Pakistan.
Besides such forged documents there are whole chronicles  on
the Taj which are pure concoctions.

110. There is lot of sophistry and casuistry or atleast con-
fused  thinking associated with the Taj even in the minds of
professional historians, archaeologists  and architects.  At
the  outset  they  assert that the Taj is entirely Muslim in
design. But when it is pointed out  that  its  lotus  capped
dome and the four corner pillars etc. are all entirely Hindu
those worthies shift ground and argue that that was probably
because   the workmen were Hindu and were to introduce their
own patterns. Both these arguments are wrong because  Muslim
accounts  claim  the  designers to be Muslim,and the workers
invariably carry out the employer's dictates.

      The Taj is only a typical illustration of how all his-
toric  buildings  and townships from Kashmir to Cape Comorin
though of Hindu origin have been ascribed to  this  or  that
Muslim ruler or courtier.

   It is hoped that people the world over who  study  Indian
history  will  awaken  to  this new finding and revise their
erstwhile beliefs.

  Those interested in an indepth study of the above and many
other  revolutionary  rebuttals may read this author's other
research books.

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" Tajmahal - The Story of the Temple Vandalized" authored by
Shri P.N.  Oak  can be ordered from:

           A. Ghosh (Publisher)
           5720, W. Little York #216
           Houston, Texas 77091

           Price : US $ 13.50 (approximately).
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