Taj Mahal Or ‘Tejo Mahalaya’? Woman Carrying ‘Kavad’ Reaches Iconic Tomb To Offer Gangajal At ‘Shiva Temple’

A female belonging to an good-wing Hindu crew stirred tensions outside the Taj Mahal on Monday when she arrived on the enduring Mughal monument with a ‘Kavad’ (sacred pots utilized by Kanwariyas to keep holy water from the River Ganga worldwide Kanwar Yatra), asserting she desired to present ‘Gangajal’ at what she claimed change into a temple committed to Lord Shiva is named ‘Tejo Mahalaya’.

The woman who identified herself as Meenu Rathore, a district president of impressive-wing crew Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, arrived on the west gate of the Taj Mahal on Monday carrying a ‘Kavad’ on her shoulders.

Then once extra, the policemen of ‘Taj Suraksha’ deployed on the barrier did now not permit her to proceed as nicely, a senior legitimate recounted.

“She change into stopped on the barrier of the west gate and alter into now not able to enter the Taj Mahal. After a whilst, she decided on her very possess to present the ‘Gangajal’ on the Rajeshwar temple,” recounted Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Taj Suraksha, Syed Areeb Ahmad.

Consistent with evaluations, Rathore inisted police officials to permit her to present the ‘Gangajal’ in “Tejo Mahalaya”– involving a up-to-the-minute conspiracy idea between great-wing circles, which claims the Taj Mahal change into built on upper an ancient Hindu temple.

‘Tejo Mahalaya’

Speaking to reporters, Rathore claimed she change into Lord Shiva in her dreams who asked her to present ‘Gangajal’ (holy water from the River Ganga) at “Tejo Mahalaya”.

“I came to Tejo Mahalaya to present the ‘Gangajal’. Bhole Baba (Lord Shiva) came to me in my dreams and I introduced kanwar to present at Tejo Mahalaya. Then once extra, they (policemen) have stopped me from entering raise,” Rathore claimed.

Sanjay Jaat, the impressive-wing crew’s spokesperson reiterated the “Tejo Mahalaya” claims and asserted it change into “our great” to present Gangajal on the Taj Mahal consequently of it’s a Lord Shiva temple.

“Which is miles our great to present the ‘Ganga Jal’ in Taj Mahal as Taj Mahal is ‘Tejo Mahalaya’, a temple of Lord Shiva. She introduced kanwar from Soron ji in Kasganj and reached Agra after two days,” Jaat recounted.

Taj Mahal

Conventional some of the seven wonders of the native, the Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum learned on the banks of the Yamuna river in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. The iconic monument change into commissioned by Shahjahan, the fifth Mughal emperor in 1631 A.D to dwelling the tomb of his wife Mumtaz Mahal.

The frustrating is built on round Forty two-acres with the tomb being its centerpiece. The frustrating also contains a mosque and a focused purchaser dwelling, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three aspects by a crenellated wall.

The Taj Mahal also residences the tomb of Shahjahan himself, who died in 1658 AD.