Taj Mahal - Not a Muslim Monument....

Yes, even I have read this article and it has made me sad. I have also gone thru the many replies which your discussion generated. While I agree with most of the views that what’s the point in raking up old controversies, we have enough troubles on our hands as it is, but even then I stop and think that what is it in us hindus so casual and so tolerant. I am not talking of the RSS or Narendra Modi here, those I think are exceptions…but the majority of hindus are tolerant towards other muslims and just let go of many issues which would have created great furore in other countries. If it were not so, muslims would not have been able to stay back in India after partition and we would not have accepted it. Even then, just see what muslims do to the remaining few hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan, even today! No point is saying that why should we stoop to their level? There in no justice for hindus in India, there will never be, as long as we allow political parties to play with our sentiments. Building a Ram Mandir in not the requirement of the hour, a Uniform Civil Code is. Finding who ‘actually’ built the Taj will not reverse history, but forcing politicians to stop shedding their crocodile tears in the name of pseudo-secularism will definitely strengthen the fabric of this nation. You cant imagine how muslims are appeased wrongly in our country in the name of maintaining communal harmony. Just yesterday, I read in the newspapers that an imam of a muslim-dominated village in west Bengal has stopped preparations for independence day because he termed these celebrations ‘unislamic & against the shariat.’ I felt very very ashamed and empty inside. This is what we have come to! The imam had the guts to do something so unpatriotic just because he knows that no govt official will haul him up for the fear of harming ‘religious sentiments’. More efforts have to be made to bring muslims into the mainstream but job reservation is not the solution. Please don’t harbour any hopes that the govt will try to find out who actually built the Taj, instead hope that the govt will force muslims to educate themselves in the secular way so that all our children can live safely in this land and do not face another riot or partition.

OMG how does it matter who built it? its a beautiful monument and its a pride of India and that its found a place in the seven wonders of the world it belongs to INDIA and it does not matter if Moguls built or Hindus built or like someone here Jonny Depp has the keys to the lock. what difference will it make? Its our heritage no matter who built. I just hope will find something else to do than bringing up such silly questions on who built the Taj Mahal. There is so much that needs to be done for the Taj Mahal itself like how can we keep it clean and lovely how to handle the tourist influx and how to improve the infrastructure so people can enjoy the beauty of the love monument without too much trouble

I too have heard & read about this. After seeing some related pictures I believe ofcourse it is not a Muslim monument.

This topic is running past six months , eventhough it is of muslims monument or not it comes under the purview of the government only so we have to pay the attention to safeguard the monument irrespective of the cause caste tnd creed. Countrywise histories might be changing versions. Herein in India we have studied of muslims monument only not as hindu's.

Even I have heard about this and have seen many pictures depicting the same. I remember I read that, even the architecture used in the Taj Mahal, the arc at the top of the Tomb everything is a Hindu Architecture. Until all these are proved, nobody can argue over this and claim the great wonders of their own.

this is really pathetic.....dont people have better things to do?? like, after sooooo many years, they simply claiming that the taj mahal was not made by a Muslim guy?? i dont understand one thing, where was that professor all these years?? i simply dont believeeee in all those stupid proofs and facts and so forth....this is totallyy stupid!!!

This is very interesting observation. I also read a vert brief history behind the Taj Mahal at http://www.taj-mahal-india-travel.com/history-of-taj-mahal-agra.html

I didn't know all the things you just stated, but actually i don't think it matters. What really matters is that this monument has been given to mankind as a precious gift. It's something someone made for love, and it belongs to all of us. The religion that man professed is actually irrelevant.

Dear bkneerajrk, I have also got the mail of Prof.P.N. Oak. I gone through the whole photographs and writing of Prof. P.N. Oak. I faile to understand one thing why the Government is not taking action to prove or disaprove the Prof. P.N. Oak claims. I went and visted Taj Mahal after received Pro. P.N. Oak's claim. I have the feeling that Taj Mahal was contructed not by human but it was constructed by God himself. YOu know there is a mysterious staircase in Santa Fe, in Mexico, it has no central support and to construct the staircase, the carpenter never used nail or glue. It stands for the last 130 years. It is believed that it was constructed by Saints on the command of Jesus Christ. One day the truth will come out.

Yeah I had got that mail too. I must say that what that prof. claims is quite true and cannot be denied. I don't know if u have received pictures along with the mail coz many of them contain facts that the Taj mahal is not a muslim architecture. One of 'em shows the painting on some of the walls inside and believe I was myself stunned to see that there was Om scriptures on those walls! And there is a picture showing a room which has been unsealed and decapitated statues of Lord Shiva have been found in it. Well there is currently no proof of that prof. sayings but I think since the Taj has become one of the seven wonders investigations must be carried out to know the truth now.

the reason why you see om written in taj mahal is that muslims and hindus of those days were close to each othere those days . i wish it was the same now too, though it is getting better, specially with the educated mass. all the best to that . 3 cheers or lets say 300 clean cheers. and by the way i was just joking in my above post,johny depp and rish kapoor. haha. enjoy. and keep away from con theories. theres much more to discuss about. love, apple.