The Hidden Secret of Taj Mahal Part 4

The two buildings which face the marble Taj from the East and West are identical in design, size and shape and yet the eastern building is explained away by Islamic tradition, as a community hall / Rest house/ Nakkar khana (drum house) while the western building is claimed to be a mosque. How could buildings meant for radically different purposes be identical? Continue reading Part 3....

Vedic Design

• In a detail on the gate, we can see two elephant’s trunks, one on either side of the design, which would indicate Ganesh. The design on the underside of a staging on the Minaret look similar to elephant faces.

 

• 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.

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

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

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

• The Vedic style design on the under-side of the dome over the central cenotaph chamber. Note the blazing sun surrounded by circle of Tridents, which are definite Vedic designs.

• 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.

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

• Conch shell decorations in marble carving next to the ventilation grill.

Decorations

• 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.

• Decoration on the side of blocked up doorway. 

• 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.

Ventilations

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

Ventilation grill in the design of the outside of the apartments.

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

The Cenotaph chamber

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.

 

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

So Called Mosque

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. 

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. 

 

 

The End of the Fairy Tale

• The term Tajmahal itself never occurs in any mogul court paper or chronicle even in Aurangzeb's time. The attempt to explain it away as Taj-i-mahal is therefore, ridiculous.
• The ending "Mahal" is never muslim because in none of the muslim countries around the world from Afghanistan to Algeria is there a building known as "Mahal".
• The unusual explanation of the term Tajmahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal, who is buried in it, is illogical in at least two respects viz., firstly her name was never Mumtaj Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani and secondly one cannot omit the first three letters "Mum" from a woman's name to derive the remainder as the name of the building.
• Since the lady's name was Mumtaz (ending with 'Z') the name of the building derived from her should have been Taz Mahal, if at all, and not Taj (spelled with a 'J').
• Several European visitors of Shahjahan's time allude to the building as Taj-e-Mahal is almost the correct tradition, age old Sanskrit name Tej-o-Mahalaya,
• The term Taj Mahal is a corrupt form of the sanskrit term TejoMahalay signifying a Shiva Temple. Agreshwar Mahadev i.e., The Lord of Agra was consecrated in it.
• The tradition of removing the shoes before climbing the marble platform originates from pre Shahjahan times when the Taj was a Shiva Temple. Had the Taj originated as a tomb, shoes need not have to be removed because shoes are a necessity in a cemetery.
• Visitors may notice that the base slab of the centotaph is the marble basement in plain white while its superstructure and the other three centotaphs on the two floors are covered with inlaid creeper designs. This indicates that the marble pedestal of the Shiva idol is still in place and Mumtaz's centotaphs are fake.
• The pitchers carved inside the upper border of the marble lattice plus those mounted on it number 108-a number sacred in Hindu Temple tradition.
• The writings of Peter Mundy, an English visitor to Agra within a year of Mumtaz's death, also suggest that the Taj was a noteworthy building long well before Shah Jahan's time.
• Oak also points out a number of design and architectural inconsistencies that support the belief that the Taj Mahal is 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 Shiva and other objects commonly used for worship rituals in Hindu temples.
• Fearing political backlash, Indira Gandhi's government tried to have Oak's book withdrawn from the bookstores, and threatened the Indian publisher of the first edition with dire consequences.
• The widely-accepted history of the Taj Mahal is that it is a mausoleum commissioned by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
• There is a book however that claims the Taj Mahal was originally called "Tejo Mahalaya" meaning "the palace radiating celestial light." "Taj Mahal: The True Story" written by P. N. Oak, an Indian historian, presents evidences that the Taj Mahal was an Indian temple that has existed even before the Mughal empire was established .
• The only way to really validate or discredit Oak's research is to open the sealed rooms of the Taj Mahal, and allow international experts to investigate.
• There is only one way to discredit or validate Oak’s research. Open all sealed rooms in front of media. Let experts investigate.

Taj Mahal is without question the most famous and possibly the most beautiful building in India. Considered one of the modern wonders of the world, this ornate white marble building was created by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum to his deceased wife. Or was it? Here are 11' proof that Taj Mahal  was a Hindu temple.  Continue reading 110 proof that Taj is a Hindy temple...