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The Taj Mahal is not a tomb as many believe but a temple dedicated to Shiva. Prof Oak, who has written an exhaustive account about the Taj Mahal, proves it with many Hindu elements prevalent inside the Taj Mahal to show that a Hindu temple has been converted into a mausoleum.

Check out for yourself from these pictures and don't forget to read about what Oak has to say about the Taj Mahal in the end.

AERIAL VIEW OF THE TAJ MAHAL

THE INTERIOR WATER WELL

FRONTAL VIEW OF THE TAJ MAHAL AND DOME

CLOSE UP OF THE DOME WITH THE PINNACLE

CLOSE UP OF THE PINNACLE

INLAID PINNACLE PATTERN IN COURTYARD

RED LOTUS AT APEX OF THE ENTRANCE

REAR VIEW OF THE TAJ AND 22 APARTMENTS

VIEW OF SEALED DOORS AND WINDOWS AT THE BACK

TYPICAL VEDIC STYLE CORRIDORS

THE MUSIC HOUSE -- A CONTRADICTION

A LOCKED ROOM ON UPPER FLOOR

A MARBLE APARTMENT ON GROUND FLOOR

THE OM IN THE FLOWERS ON THE WALLS

A STAIRCASE THAT LEADS TO THE LOWER LEVELS

300 FOOT CORRIDOR INSIDE APARTMENTS

ONE OF THE 22 ROOMS IN THE SECRET LOWER LEVEL

INTERIOR OF ONE OF THE 22 SECRET ROOMS

INTERIOR OF ANOTHER OF THE LOCKED ROOMS

VEDIC DESIGN ON THE CEILING OF A LOCKED ROOM

HUGE VENTILATOR SEALED WITH BRICKS

SECRET WALLED DOOR THAT LEADS TO OTHER ROOMS

SECRET BRICK DOOR THAT HIDES MORE EVIDENCE

PALACE IN BURHANPUR WHERE MUMTAZ MAHAL DIED

PAVILION WHERE MUMTAZ MAHAL IS SAID TO BE BURIED

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, Itmud-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 at least 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 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 traveller 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 with 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.

Location: Tata Museum, Jamshedpur.

Some years agao, a street artist gifted a painting (below) to J R D Tata in Jamshedpur on one of his birthdays. And, while presenting the painting, the artist explained that it has great significance for Tata. Nobody was able to decipher the the painting, forget about finding its significance. But, when the artist had presented the painting, he promised to reveal the secret shortly.

Here's the secret of the painting. Place a steel rod at the circle in the first pic you saw, you will see the image of the JRD Tata as a reflection on the steel rod as seen in the second pic below.