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May 14, 2022 · Over the years, several BJP leaders have repeated and amplified unhistorical claims that the Taj is in fact a Hindu temple that was built much before the reign of Shah Jahan. A look at the theory of "Tejo Mahalaya".
Oct 18, 2017 · In a fresh controversy over the Taj Mahal, BJP leader Vinay Katiyar claimed that the 17th century monument was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan after destroying a Hindu temple. Katiyar claimed the Hindu temple which existed there earlier was called “Tejo Mahalaya” and it housed a Shivling.
Aug 11, 2017 · The term Taj Mahal is a corrupt form of the sanskrit term TejoMahalay signifying a Shiva Temple. Agreshwar Mahadev i.e., The Lord of Agra was consecrated in it. The tradition of removing the...
Pune, Maharashtra, India. Occupation. Writer. Known for. Historical negationism. Purushottam Nagesh Oak (2 March 1917 – 4 December 2007) was a historical negationist from India. [1] Among his prominent claims were that Christianity and Islam are both derivatives of Hinduism; that Vatican City, Kaaba, Westminster Abbey and the Taj Mahal were ...
The case number 356, filed by all lawyers had an extraordinary ask: Allow Hindu devotees access to the premises of the Taj Mahal for worship because the iconic 16th-century Mughal monument, one...
May 12, 2022 · The plea, filed by petitioner Dr Rajneesh Singh, according to Live Law, contends that the Taj Mahal was a Shiva Temple, known as Tejo Mahalaya, and has asked for the government to constitute a fact-finding committee to publish the “real history” of the monument.
May 14, 2022 · Hindu right-wing groups and revisionist history writers have claimed that Taj Mahal was actually a Hindu temple named “Tejo Mahalaya”. These claims are rooted in PN Oak’s book Taj Mahal: The...
Six lawyers in a law suit claimed the monument is a Hindu temple, Tejo Mahalaya. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has told an Agra court that the Taj Mahal-- widely regarded as a...
Nov 2, 2017 · The Taj Mahal is located in the northern Indian city of Agra. The claim: An Indian MP and some right-wing groups claim that the iconic Taj Mahal is a Hindu temple. Vinay Katiyar from the ruling...
Oct 17, 2017 · In his book, Taj Mahal: The True Story, writer, journalist and freedom fighter PN Oak argued that the Taj was built by Rajput king Maharaja Jai Singh I, that it was called Tejo Mahalaya and that it had no tomb but in fact a temple to lord Shiva.
