hidden truth of Taj mahal..

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 Mumtaz's tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of 
Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya ) . In the course of his research O
ak discovered that the Shiva temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from
then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh. In his own court ch ronicle,
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, 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 butMumtaz-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 cre ated
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 traveler Johan
Albert Mandelslo,who visited Agra in 1638 (only seven years after Mumtaz's
death), describes the life of the cit y 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 ! Mahalhave 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 t ried to have 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 Ma hal under
U.N. supervision, and let international experts investigate.

Do circulate this to all you know and let them know about this reality.....     
  

Aerial view of the Taj Mahal

Aerial view of the Taj Mahal

The interior water well

The interior water well

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Vedic design on ceiling of a locked room

Close up of the pinnacle

Interior of one of the 22 secret rooms

Typical Vedic style corridors

Interior of another of the locked rooms

Vedic design on ceiling of a locked room

Rear view of the Taj & 22 apartments

View of sealed doors & windows in back

Frontal view of the Taj Mahal and dome

The OM in the flowers on the walls

Inlaid pinnacle pattern in courtyard

A locked room on upper floor

Close up of the dome with pinnacle

The OM in the flowers on the walls

Carved marble doors, decorations and ventilation grills on the exterior of the Taj Mahal.

Staircase that leads to the lower levels

The Music House--a contradiction

Rear view of the Taj & 22 apartments

Basic blueprint of the Taj Mahal that shows stairways to upper and lower floors. Also showing 8 rooms surrounding the cenotaph chamber, 4 octagonal and 4 rectangular.

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300 foot long corridor inside apartments

Entrance Gate as painted by Thomas Daniell in 1789

The timber door before it was sealed up with bricks. In 1974 American Professor Marvin Mills took a sample from this door for Carbon dating and concluded that the Taj Mahal pre-dates Shahjahan. After this revelation, the Government of India removed the timber doors and the openings were bricked up, as shown in the previous photo.

Note the Trident within the lotus form at the apex. Both of which are Vedic references, the trident being connected with Lord Shiva.

The interior of one of the rooms around the cenotaph chamber. These are areas where other forms of worship were held around the central shrine room, if the Taj was indeed a temple palace.

Here is an example of the conch shell design incorporated into the three top central petals in the flowers.

The Cenotaphs, or the supposed graves of Shahjahan (on the left) and Mumtaz.

You can see blocked doorways and windows where there are several rooms in the 19 foot high plinth. This would be where entrances would lead to many pathways to the rooms within

Here is a typical tower (Burj) that is in familiar Rajput style, not Islamic in any way.

Blue print of the Taj Mahal showing cross-section of Central Edifice in a book by J Fergusson in 1855. It clearly shows the hidden basements.

Survey plan of Taj Mahal by Col Hodgson, 1825. Note the platform on the north side running from N/W to N/E tower and steps at two places from this platform to go to the river: a sure sign of planning for residential activity, not what you would need for a vacant mausoleum.

The Veranda on the west side of the Entrance Gate. It was probably for public assemblies, discussions, teaching or chanting of Mantras.

The interior of the so-called Mosque at one end from the Taj with evidence it was converted later into a mausoleum. Steps were for the Mullahs to preach. But see how they break the pattern of decoration on the wall and also on the floor. This means that these steps are not original, but were put up when this building was converted into Mosque by Shahjahan. Also, when praying in this building, Muslims would face West, i.e. Bandar Abbas in Iran, NOT Mecca as is more correct.

Typical view of the Taj Mahal from the south entrance.

The Baoli Burj water well, going down seven stories to water level. It has rooms at all levels, which are kept very comfortable during summer because of the water-cooled air.

View of Taj Mahal from the West looking East, from what is called the Mosque.

Here is an example of the conch shell design incorporated into the three top central petals in the flowers.

Palace in Barhanpur where Mumtaz died

An early photo of Taj from the riverside clearly showing 2 levels of hidden basements. Vincent Smith published this photo in his book "History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon", in 1911. The earliest we find such photo was in 1844 in Sleeman’s book – "Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official". And yet no historian has ever been curious to go inside these basements.

In a detail on the gate, we can see two elephant’s trunks, one on either side of the design, which would indicate Ganesh.

A close up of the the graffiti, i.e. Koranic inscriptions put up by Shahjahan.

We are now outside the Cenotaph Chamber. Note how the steps in plain marble break up the designs on the plinth wall. This means that they are not original.

Typical of the four minarets on the Taj Mahal.

The timber door before it was sealed up with bricks. In 1974 American Professor Marvin Mills took a sample from this door for Carbon dating and concluded that the Taj Mahal pre-dates Shahjahan. After this revelation, the Government of India removed the timber doors and the openings were bricked up, as shown in the previous photo.

A marble apartment on ground floor

Examples of the Dhotra flowers in the marble work of the Taj Mahal.

Close up of the the steps that go down to the 22 apartments, surrounded by the red sandstone railing that we saw in photo number 42.

The design on the underside of a staging on the Minaret look similar to elephant faces.

Road between Western Gate to Eastern Gate is around 1000 ft with several rooms on either side.

Decoration on the side of blocked up doorway.

On the main building, cobra designs in pairs at top of wall, another typical Vedic design. Graffiti in the form of Koranic inscriptions were added by Shahjahan.

A closer look at the jeweled inlay work in the beautiful screen.

Top of octagonal marble screen with beautiful inlay jewelled work that surrounds the cenotaphs.

Inverted water-pots on top. Their number is always odd, 11 in this case, typical of the Vedic system. Notice also the cobra design in pairs below the gallery. Koranic inscriptions were a graffiti added by Shahjahan.

Pavilion where Mumtaz is said to be buried

Typical roof in the 22 basement rooms with painted sunburst design.

Here you can see the upper floor above the cenotaph. Each room has a balcony.

Stones for anchoring boats. On the North side of the Taj Mahal, there is a platform 3 ft 6 inches wide and it runs for the entire length. The platform also has embedded into it several stone rings for anchoring boats. In the photo we can see two such stones, one in the lower right front corner, the other further up the stream. This shows that the building was planned for facilitating boats for river transportation for the residents in the Taj. Again, these are not something you would need for a quiet or even vacant grave site.

Huge ventilator sealed shut with bricks

Replica of the pinnacle design of the top of the main dome as found in the garden.

View of the entrance through the South Gate

After we climb down the steps we see a doorway to the passage on right of the hidden rooms.

Examples of the Dhotra flowers in the marble work of the Taj Mahal.

Red lotus at apex of the entrance

Decorations on outside of upper basement floor with a ventilation grill built in for the apartment.

Another of the secret stairways in the Taj Mahal.

Note the veranda is typical Rajput architecture.

Entrance Gate on the West side

The Cenotaph chamber with marble screen. The point is why have an octagonal screen around two graves? It is more likely to have been an area of where sacred activities once took place.

Wall decorations as we see here are typical Rajput style. There is also a balcony at first floor level.

Here you can see, not far from the plinth of the Taj, the stairway that goes down to the 22 rooms. It is surrounded by the red sandstone railing.

Photo of Taj Mahal from Yamuna riverside showing rooms with grills in the central part of the marble plinth.

More conch shell decorations in marble carving next to the ventilation grill.

The blue print plan of the Taj Mahal showing stairways that go down to the 22 basement rooms. This plan of the location of 22 basement rooms was discovered in 1902. I (V. S. Godbole) was able to visit them in December 1981 by prior permission.

Entrance to lower basement floor that is now bricked up.

The so-called Mosque at the western end from the Taj. Note the closed upper storey, as seen in the side windows now blocked in red bricks. Also, cobras in pairs at the top and going all around the building, similar to the other buildings around the Taj Mahal. Not a typical Islamic design.