hey ppls..... here is the real secret of the great "Taj Mahal"

@thyagu (18)
India
January 8, 2007 8:40am CST
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 TajMahal the true story, oak says the Taj Mahal is not Queen MUmtas's tomb but an anci8ent hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalya). IN the course of his reasearch oak discovered tht the shiva temple palace was usuerped by shah jahan from the maharaja of jaipur, hai singh. In this 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 fro surrendering the Taj building. using captured temples and mansions,as aburial 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 bilding. 'Taj Mahal,he claims, is a corrupt version of Tejo Mahalaya, ot 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 Newyork 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. Europeans traveler Johan Albert Mandelslo, who visited Agra in 1638(only seven years after Mumtaz's death),describes the life of the city in his memories. But he makes no reference to the taj Mahal being built. the writings of Peter Mundy, an English visitor to agra with in a year of Mumtaz's death, also suggest the taj was noteworty building well before shah jahan's time. Prof.Oak points out a number of design and architectual inconsistencies that support the belief of the TajMahal being a typical Hindu temple rather than a mausoleum. Many rooms in the Taj Mahal hav remained sealed since ShahJahan'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 hav 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 Mahalunder U.N. supervision, and let international experts investigate.....
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
9 Jan 07
Interesting! The Taj Mahal is one place I most certainly wish to visit this year and I plan to take my Fiance there.... Should they let international experts investigate?? I sort of have differing views on this one. Part of me is definitely curious as to what is in those sealed rooms and the other part of me thinks that it would be a shame to "demystify" the spirit of what most of us beieve the Taj Mahal to depict.... a monument of great beauty built to show a man's undying love for a woman. It will be interesting to see if this Professor can get anywhere with his theories. I can't help but think though that most will fight to stop anyone from disputing the story.
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@cuterose (1698)
• India
9 Jan 07
rated plus!