Politicizing the Taj Mahal wasn’t enough for the politicians of the country who has lost the ability to come up with original ideas for their political campaigns. Certain youth was reportedly detained for chanting the Shiva Chalisa on the premises of the monument.
The youngsters who were chanting, claimed that Taj Mahal was originally a Shiva temple. They were taken away by CISF personnel. The youngsters belonged to Rashtra Swabhimaan Dal (RSD) and Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV) and were released after submitting a written apology.
Deepak Sharma, a 30-year-old who led the group, justified the move saying: “It was basically ‘Tejomalaya’, a Shiva a temple, which was demolished by Mughal rulers to make the Taj Mahal.”
He went on to add: “We did nothing wrong but apologized in writing because we were told by CISF officials that recital of ‘Shiva Chalisa’ was in violation of the Supreme Court orders.”
Sharma said they had filed a PIL in the Supreme Court to find out why Hindus couldn’t ‘recite Shiva Chalisa’ at the Taj, which was owned by the central government’.
This isn’t the first time someone has claimed that Taj Mahal built on an erstwhile Shiva a temple.
Another senior BJP leader Vinay Katiyar had claimed that the Taj Mahal was a Lord Shiva a temple called ‘Tejo Mahal’ which was converted into a mausoleum by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
However, the claims about the Shiva a temple continued and culture minister Dr Mahesh Sharma had clarified in parliament on December 1, 2015 that the ‘government had not found any evidence which can suggest that Taj Mahal was a Hindu temple of Shiva’.
The 17th century marble monument was built by Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Both were buried there.
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