The Tajmahal is Tejomahalay .

In the post i clearly said the intention of my post is to reveal certain beliefs prevailing in country on the Taj.. I am neither a supporter or a non supporter of the Issue. If somebody feels that there is no evidence, they are free to produce the evidence.

History is written by human beings and based on many a times hearsay...To know whether there was a temple before Taj Mahal was built, one has to break it down and dig deep which obviously is not possible.So, going by some facts , some people believe that there is strong evidence that there was a temple since afterall India was a Hindu nation before Mughals invaded it. But now it is a subject for discussion only ...

Those who say that there is no evidence claiming that the Taj is not  built on a Hindu temple.. Let them come up with an evidence proving  that the Taj is purely mausoleum built by shajahan  in remembrance of his wife.

It is obvious how deeply the pseudu historians have brainwashed us into believing that Taj really was a mausoleum that many of us find it hard to accept otherwise. Also I wish to point out that just by ridiculing such theories and by dubbing people who believe in them as supporters or RSS etc. will not change the true history.  You believe what you wish and let us believe in whichever theories we want to!

People with biased views cannot assimilate the facts . History can be written by anybody. History has not fallen from the blue. Our present History was dictated by the English rulers showering praises on the British rule and demolishing the real history of India.

It is the same land on which constructions, demolition and reconstructions constantly take place. History ius nothing butr a sequence of wars, conqests, defeats. The victors have their way.  Obviously, the foreign invaders could use only the existing land. There is no way whatever they did would be only in news space leaving old constructions untouched. Taj Mahal is a reality and any previous construction on the site has nothing to do with this fact. It makes no sense to say that anything should even try to disprove Oak. He is simply to be ignored. We have to accept facts as they are and not what the saffron communalists would like. 

It is being stupid to say that the Mughal invaders built only on new space and left the old structures untouched  , they destroyed so many... It is also true that they built many great architecturally inspiring buildings,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Hindus

usha manohar wrote:

It is being stupid to say that the Mughal invaders built only on new space and left the old structures untouched  , they destroyed so many... It is also true that they built many great architecturally inspiring buildings,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Hindus

 

True Usha, they did give us marvellous architecture wonders but at the same time, destroyed even better structures and artistic beauties that were built by our people. One only has to visit the Ajanta and Ellora caves, Elephanta caves and many other places to look at the damage they intentionally caused.

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

It is being stupid to say that the Mughal invaders built only on new space and left the old structures untouched  , they destroyed so many... It is also true that they built many great architecturally inspiring buildings,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Hindus

 

True Usha, they did give us marvellous architecture wonders but at the same time, destroyed even better structures and artistic beauties that were built by our people. One only has to visit the Ajanta and Ellora caves, Elephanta caves and many other places to look at the damage they intentionally caused.

We can see destruction of Hindu structures everywhere even places like Hampi and  other temples in Karnataka...

The link Usha has given  thrown light on the persecution of Hindus by Muslim rulers. It is not a consolation if the Muslim rulers gave us architectural wonders. Demolishing Hindu structures and building architectural structures is only to glorify the Muslim rulers.

rambabu wrote:

The link Usha has given  thrown light on the persecution of Hindus by Muslim rulers. It is not a consolation if the Muslim rulers gave us architectural wonders. Demolishing Hindu structures and building architectural structures is only to glorify the Muslim rulers.

 

At that period of time they were the rulers and glorified themselves and we should be thankful that British came here by hook or crook and unified us ...n doubt we lost part of our country to Pakistan and Bangla Desh but at least the rest of it stays united !

usha manohar wrote:

rambabu wrote:

The link Usha has given  thrown light on the persecution of Hindus by Muslim rulers. It is not a consolation if the Muslim rulers gave us architectural wonders. Demolishing Hindu structures and building architectural structures is only to glorify the Muslim rulers.

 

At that period of time they were the rulers and glorified themselves and we should be thankful that British came here by hook or crook and unified us ...n doubt we lost part of our country to Pakistan and Bangla Desh but at least the rest of it stays united !

 

True.  Thankfully we could save a big chunk of the country even after losing a part of the Pak and Bangla desh.

The Mughals were very good at record keeping and many of these are available in archives. Some of their land records were oriented in form of a book by a famous historians a few years back. So if Taj Mahal was built on a Hindu temple or an existing one was converted etc would have been recorded. In fact almost everything about it is known, the architect, thee expenses, number of years and workers it took to build etc. Also every time this issue crops up it becomes a slinging match against the Muslims. There was no India till 1858 when the British took over. This fact is conveniently forgotten. Present India consisted of hundreds of kingdoms of all sizes. And invading each others kingdom was an accepted way of enriching because land was the means of production. A powerful invader came and conquered maximum kingdoms and built a big empire. It was natural that they would give preference to boost their religion and not Hinduism. @Rambabu is almost throwing a challenge to prove that Taj was not a Hindu structure. After so many years who can do so. Can Rambabu prove whether God exists with proof. Raking up such issues like about Taj again in the Forum does not result in new knowledge.

Why I should I prove when  I didn't say that God exists ? And about the up keeping of records by the Mughals you should see the link provided by me in the thread.

I have gone through the link and am thoroughly confused. Why Tejomahalay  does not find mention and write up in any of Hindu literature of that period is worthy of investigation. Not only you or me or anyone can prove with proof that god exists. Equally it is impossible to prove that god does not exist. Taj story is to be taken as either.

Since you are confused, let's leave it to investigators the Taj issue .And let's not discuss about the existence of god too. Let peace and tranquility prevail.

You are right, if one discusses god peace and tranquillity get disturbed.

I know such topics are bound to generate heat. Why invite turbulence  ? Let the discussion be stopped at some point.

This is an interesting link, thankfully not written by any " Saffron brigade" but an american artiste that  has several points discussed about the issue ..

http://www.stephen-knapp.com/was_the_taj_mahal_a_vedic_temple.htm

Than you very very much for this vital information. After seeing this link I felt how blindly we are discussing about the issue. The most interesting part of the article is about the orientation of the Mosque.

the direction of the mosque does not point toward Mecca as most mosques do; the real purpose of the minarets at the Taj; the Hindu symbolism recognized in the Taj which would not have been allowed if it was truly Muslim built; and even as late as 1910 the Encyclopaedia Britannica included the statement by Fergusson that the building was previously a palace before becoming a tomb for Shah Jahan; and more. A most interesting paper.