Well, I dont even know if you can call a conspiracy after all. I presume many of you must have heard about the book "Taj Mahal : The True Story" authored by Shri P.N.Oak. The Tajmahal is Tejomahalay : A Hindu Temple Let me quote some excerpts from his paper on The Taj.
"Contrary to what visitors are made to believe the Tajmahal is not a Islamic mausoleum but an ancient Shiva Temple known as Tejo Mahalaya which the 5th generation moghul emperor Shahjahan commandeered from the then Maharaja of Jaipur. The Tajmahal, should therefore, be viewed as a temple palace and not as a tomb."
Now that is big, right?? Well its real difficult to believe but Mr.Oak is determined to prove it. I got interested in the story a did a little browsing over the topic.
He claims that the Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz Mahal's tomb, but an ancient Hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya), worshipped by the Rajputs of Agra city. In the course of his research, Oak discovered that the Shiva temple palace had been usurped by Shah Jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh. Shah Jahan then remodelled the palace into his wife's memorial.
In his own court chronicle, 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 is said to retain in his secret collection two orders from Shah Jahan for the surrender of the Taj building. The term Tajmahal itself never occurs in any mogul court paper or chronicle even in Aurangzeb's time.
Try these links for a complete story :
http://www.stephen-knapp.com/true_story_of_the_taj_mahal.htm
http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/modern/taj_oak.html
There are persons who are connected with the repair and the maintainance of the Taj who have seen the ancient sacred Shiva Linga and other idols sealed in the thick walls and in chambers in the secret, sealed red stone stories below the marble basement. The Archaeological Survey of India is keeping discretely, politely and diplomatically silent about it to the point of dereliction of its own duty to probe into hidden historical evidence.
There are many engravings inside the Taj which depict ancient Hindu Vedic artifects. For
example, the engraved "Dhatura Flower", the petals of which symbolise the "Om" symbol. (See picture)Also, there are quotings that all this is just another political drama... Shri P.N.Oak published his book during the BJP regime. Only NOW, is the issue being thrown open to the public. Why?
Ah well!! Its would be pretty long if i post the whole story here. But well!!! Something to think about. Is the Indian Wonder after all the Biggest Conspiracy of the world???
Well for that matter I have heard that Neil Armstrong's landing on the moon is the Biggest Fraud commited by the Human Race. Who know??? ;)
