SECRETS OF THE 'TAJ MAHAL'

• Taj Mahal was originally a Hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva, worshipped by the Rajputs of Agra
• The temple was seized by Shah jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh. He then had the Hindu ornaments and symbols effaced, inner rooms and chambers sealed (until today) and the palace remodelled into a tomb. Apparently, Shah Jahan admits in his own court chronicle that an exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra was taken from Jai Singh for Mumtaz's burial
• The use of captured temples and mansions as a burial place for dead courtiers and royalty was a common practice among Muslim rulers
• That the name Taj Mahal does not appear in any Mughal court papers or chronicles, even after Shah Jahan's time
• That the term "Mahal" has never been used for a building in any of the Muslim countries
• That the term "Taj Mahal" could not have been derived from Mumtaz Mahal's name because her name was never Mumtaz Mahal, but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani, and that the first three letters from a woman's name cannot be omitted to derive the remainder as the name for the building
• That "Taj Mahal" is a corrupt version of "Tejomahalaya" or the "Shiva's Palace"
• That the love story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale created by court sycophants, blundering historians and sloppy archaeologists, and that not a single royal chronicle of Shah Jahan's time corroborates the love story
• That several documents suggest the Taj Mahal predates Shah Jahan's era