IN THE HON’BLE HIGH
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD.
(Under Article 226 of
constitution of India)
Annexure No.
Civil Misc. Writ Petition
No. of 2004
(District – Agra)
Institute of Rewriting Indian History Through its Founder President, P. N. Oak.
S/O Late Shri Nagesh Krishna Oak, R/O - Plot No. 10, Goodwill Society,
Aundh, Pune – 411007 and
another…………..Pettioners
VERSUS
Union of India through
Secretary,
Human Resources
and Development (HRD),
Government of
India, New Delhi. ……………….Respondents
1.It
is of crystal white marble as mentioned in the inscription .
2.Its
pinnacle and entrance arches bear the trident (trishul) which is an exclusive
emblem of Chandramauleeshwar.
3.The
edifice is said to have been of such captivating beauty that the Lord (Shiva)
Chandramauleeshwar never again thought of returning to his Himalayan abode of
Kailas.
4.The
Taj Mahal garden included plants and tress all sacred to Hindus. Among them is
the Bel and Harshringar ,the leaves and flowers of which are considered a
necessity for the worship of lord Shiva.
5.The
central Chamber of the Taj Mahal which is now believed to contain the cenotaphs of emperor Shahjahan
and his wife Arjumand Banu Begum has around it ten quadrangular chambers
providing a perambulatory passage for devotees as is the Hindu custom.
6.As
the devotee passes through each of those rooms, ventilators provide him a view
of the centre of the octagonal central chamber where the emblem of Lord
Chandramauleeshwar was consecrated.
7.
The high dome of the Taj Mahal central chamber with its reverberative effect
provided the proper gimmick to produce the ecstatic din that accompanies the worship
of Lord Shiva when he is supposed to perform the cosmic(Tandava Nritya)
dance amidst the blowing of conches, beating of drums and tolling of bells.
8.The
high dome is also a common feature of Shiva temples to enable the hanging of a
pitcher for water to drip over the emblem of Lord Shiva. The chain which held
the pitcher still remains suspended from the centre of the dome.
9.Silver
doors and gold railings mentioned as fixtures of the Taj Mahal are a common
feature of Hindu temples surviving even to our own day .Had the gold railing,
fancied to have been provided for Mumtaz’s tomb, been subsequently removed one should
have seen holes in the mosaic flooring for the props which supported the
railing. There are no such holes. That means that it was Shahjahan who removed
the gold railing of the ancient Hindu Shiva temple and carried it away to the
treasury, before using the location of the Hindu idol to graft an Islamic
cenotaph. Visitors may also notice there an ancient Hindu colour sketch of
eight directional pointers,16 cobras,32 tridents and 64 lotus buds all Hindu
motifs in multiples of eight That design is sketched in the concave domed
ceiling of the octagonal central chamber, which anyone standing close to
Mumtaz’s cenotaph may look up and see.
10.Guides
at the Taj Mahal still mention a tradition of a drop of rainwater dropping from
the high dome top on the cenotaph within. This obviously is a remnant of the
past memories of the water dripping on the emblem of Lord Shiva from the
pitcher.
11.Tavernier
mentions the six courts in the Taj Mahal building complex where a bazar used to
be held.It is common knowledge that in Hindu tradition bazars and fairs are
invariably held around temples which constitute the focal points of Hindu life.
12.The
trident(trishul) which is Lord Shiva’s
exclusive weapon is also inlaid at the apex of the Taj Mahal’s marble entrance
arches on all four sides It is in red and white lines exactly as some
Hindus wear in colour on their
foreheads. Its being installed there at the apex of the entrance arches clearly
proves that it is an unmistakable Shiva temple.
13.A
full length design of the entire trident
pinnacle as it towers above the dome, has been inlaid in the red stone yard to
the right of the Taj Mahal as we stand facing the marble edifice. This again
proves its Hindu origin since it has been a tradition in Hindu architecture to
inscribe the basic scale used in the construction of every building ,somewhere
in the premises. In the case of Taj Mahal the length of its trident pinnacle
may be the basic scale used in raising the Shiva temple.
14.The
‘Taj Mahal itself is far from Persian .It is a corrupt from of the Sanskrit
term “Tejo Maha Alaya meaning
Resplendent Shrine “It was known as resplendent shrine because it reflects a dazzling sheen in
sunlight and moonlight. That name also attaches to it because Lord Shiva’s
third eye is said to emit a jet of lustre i.e. teja.The tarditional conjecture
that the term Taj Mahal derives from the name of Mumtaz Mahal porves baseless
on closer scrutiny.
15.
Apparently Akbar did not dispossess the Jaipur royal family of the Taj Mahal
because the Jaipur family was his strongest Hindu ally and its scion
,Bhagwandas and Mansingh were his most trusted generals. They were also in laws
of the Mogul rulers.That after Humayun’s defeat the Taj Mahal passed into the
hands of the Jaipur royal family is apparent from Emperor Sahhajahan’s
chronicle which admits having commandeered The Taj Mahal from Jai Singh ,the
then head of the Jaipur royal family.
16.Besides
the trident pinnacle, there are other Hindu symbols in the Taj namely the
conch, the lotus and the sacred Hindu chant “OM” in Devanagiri character.
IN THE HON’BLE HIGH
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD.
(Under Article 226 of
constitution of India)
Annexure No.
Civil Misc. Writ Petition
No. of 2004
(District – Agra)
Institute of Rewriting Indian History Through its Founder President, P. N. Oak.
S/O Late Shri Nagesh Krishna Oak, R/O - Plot No. 10, Goodwill Society,
Aundh, Pune – 411007 and
another…………..Pettioners
VERSUS
Union of India through
Secretary,
Human Resources
and Development (HRD),
Government of
India, New Delhi. ……………….Respondents
We
have cited five direct proofs to establish
that the Taj is an ancient Hindu palace.These are:
1.Shahjahan’s own court chronicler Mulla
Abdul Hamid’s admission.
2.Mr.Nurul Hasan Siddiqui’s book, The
City of Taj, reiterates the same position.
3.Tavernier’s testimony too establishes that a
lofty palace had been obtained, and that it was a world tourist attraction even
before Mumtaz’s burial.
4.Emperor
Shahjahan’s great great grandfather Babur’s Memoirs refer to the Taj Mahal 104
years before Mumtaz’s death whose tomb the Taj is supposed to be.
5.The
Encyclopaedia Britannica has been quoted to show that the Taj Mahal building
complex comprises guest rooms, guard rooms and stables. These are all adjuncts
of a temple palace but never of a tomb.
In
addition to the above we have ,in the
foregoing pages,advanced many other proofs as follows:
6.The
very name Taj Mahal means a crown palace or a resplendent shrine (Tejo Maha
Alaya) and not a tomb .
7.Shahjahan’s
reign was as full of turmoil and warfare as that of most other Invader rulers
of India. He could not therefore, have any wealth, peace, security or
inclination to launch on such an ambitious project as the Taj Mahal.
8.Shahjahan’s
lechery and profligacy ruled out any special attachment to Mumtaz, whose
mausoleum the Taj has been misrepresented to be.
9.Shahjahan
was cruel, hard hearted and stingy ;as such he could never have the artist’s
soft heart and a liberal patron’s
generosity to lavish wealth on a building to house a corpse.Mulla Abdul Hamid Lahori,
the court chronicler, mentions no architect and estimates the cost of the work done to be only Rs 40,00,000
which clearly shows that no new building was erected.
11.Shahjahan,
whose reign was supposed to be a golden period
of history, has not left even a scrap of authentic paper about the
construction of Taj Mahal. There are no authentic orders commissioning the Taj
,no correspondence for the purchase or
acquisition of the so-called site ,no design drawings no bills or receipts and
no expense account sheets Some of those usually produced or referred to have
already been proved to be forgeries.
12.Had
Shahjahan really been the conceiver of the Taj Mahal, he need not have
specially instructed Mulla Abdul Hamid Lahori not to forget mentioning or describing
its ‘construction’ in the official chronicles, because the grandeur and majesty
of the Taj as the finest achievement of a ruling monarch could never be lost
sight of by a paid court chronicler.
13.That
Shahajahan could not even in his wildest dreams conceive undertaking such a
gorgeous project is apparent from the
fact that even the Invader accounts tell us that he made the workers toil on
meagre rations without giving them any
cash payment. Tavernier tells us that Shahjahan could not marshal even timber
enough for as much as scaffolding. Some accounts have also pointed out that
Shahjahan made Rajas and Maharajas pay a large part of the “cost”. So even the
additions and alterations required in converting a Hindu palace to the
semblance of a Invader tomb were made by compelling labourers to toil for a
mere meagre food allocation and by imposing levies on subservient chieftains.
14.
If a stupendous monument like the Taj Mahal were specially built for the burial
of a consort there would be a ceremonial burial date and it would not go
unrecorded. But not only is the burial
date not mentioned but even the
approximate period during which Arjumand Banu Begum may have been
buried in the Taj Mahal varies from six months to nine years of her
death.
15.
Mumtaz was married to Shahjahan when the latter was 21 years old. Royal
children in his times used to be married much before their teens. This shows
that Arjumand Banu was Shahjahan’s umpteenth wife. There was thus no reason why
she should have been buried in a special monument.
16.
Having been a commoner by birth Arjumand Banu was not entitled to a special
monument
17.History
makes no special mention of any out of the way attachment or romance between
the two, unlike that of Jahangir and Nurjahan. This shows that the story of
their love is a concoction seeking to justify the myth about the building of
the taj over her body.
18.
Shahjahan was no patron of art. Had he been one, he would not have had the
heart to chop off the hands of those who
are said to have toiled to ‘build’ the monument for his wife. An art lover
especially one disconsolate on his wife’s death,would not indulge in an orgy of
maiming skilful craftsman. But the maiming story is apparently true because
made to toil mercilessly on meagre rations on a palace usurped from its
erstwhile Hindu master, the infuriated workmen broke out in revolt.
19.There
is no record in history that Shahjahan had any special infatuation for Mumtaz.
In fact history records that he used to run after various other women from his
own daughter to his maids.
20.The
existence of the landing ghat at the rear suggests a temple palace, not a tomb.
21.Even
the central marble structure consists of a 23-room marble palace suit which is
superfluous for a tomb.
22.The
plan tallies with ancient Hindu architectural design and specifications.
23.The
entire Taj building consists of over 1000 rooms along its corridor, in two
basements, on the upper floors and in its numerous towers, which clearly bears
out the contention that it was meant to be a temple palace.
24.
The many annexes guard and guest rooms etc. prove that it is a temple palace.
The pleasure pavilions in the Taj premises could never form part of a tomb but
only of a palace.
25.The
Taj complex houses a pair of Nakkar Khanas, i.e. drum houses. Drum houses
are
not only superfluous in a tomb but it is a positive misfit because a departed
soul needs peace and rest. On the other hand a drum house is a necessary
concomitant of a temple-palace because drum beats are used to herald royal arrivals and departures
summoning of the townsfolk for royal
announcements and proclamations and announce divine worship time.
26.The
Taj building complex also contains cowpen which used to be part of all Hindu
royal and temple premises.
27.The
Sanskrit words “Kalas” and “pranchi” (fenced off open spaces around the dome
and other structures) would never have been in the Taj premises had it
originated as a Invader tomb.
28.The
decorative patterns and motifs throughout the Taj Mahal are not only entirely
of Indian flora but also of sacred Hindu emblems like the lotus, which infidel
characteristics, according to Islamic beliefs would never allow any peace to
the soul of the Invader lady, if any, lying buried beneath.
29.
The galleries, arches, supporting brackets and cupolas are entirely in the
Hindu style such as can be seen all over
Rajasthan.
30.
Like every other suspicious aspect of Taj, its period of construction is
variously stated to be 10,12,13,17 or 22
years, which again proves that the traditional story is a concotion.
31.Even
Tavernier’s testimony that he saw the commencement and the end of this work,
while weakening the traditional case, strengthens ours.
32.
The reports that Shahjahan levied large amounts on rajas and Maharajas and that
the so-called (tampering) work dragged on over 10,12,13,17,or even 22 years are
all very true details. Since Shahjahan was too shrewd and hard headed to spend
anything out of his own treasury and would lose no opportunity of taxing and
persecuting the local people, he made political capital even out of the death
of his own wife.
33.The
designers are variously mentioned by Western scholars to be Europeans, and are
claimed by Invaders to be Invaders, while the Imperial Library Manuscript
contains Hindu names.
34.The
Taj Mahal had a grand garden. A graveyard never boasts of luscious fruits and
fragrant flower trees, since the idea of enjoying fruit and flowers of a
graveyard orchard
is
revolting.
35.The
trees, moreover were those bearing Sanskrit names and select sacred plants at
that ,like Ketaki, Jai, Jui, Champa, Maulashree, Harshringar and Bel.
36.The
designer of Taj is unknown.
37.Far
from causing him any expenditure, the Taj proved to be a veritable gold mine
for Shahjahan. While Arjumand Banu was buried in a stripped, cold,stone temple
palace, the building was robbed of all its costly trappings which were removed
to Sahjahan’s treasury.
38.
The Taj palace is located in the twin township of Jaisinghpura and Khawaspura
which are Rajput words, not Invader.”Pura” in Sanskrit signifies a busy
locality and not an open plot of land as is sometimes claimed.
39.The
Taj Mahal entrance faces south. Had it been a Invader building it should have
faced west.
40.Its
decorative and marble work tallies exactly with
that in the Amer(Jaipur) palace built circa 967.
41.The
Taj temple palace has various other annexes outside its outer peripheral
redstone wall, meant for courtiers and palace staff.
42.
Akbar on his early visits to Agra used to stay in Khawaspura and Jaisinghpura,
which clearly shows that he stayed in the Taj .
43.Bernier,another
foreign visitor to Shahjahan’s court, tells us that the nether chambers had a rare magnificence
and no non-invader was allowed entry to them.That shows the hush-hush
secrecy maintained about them.
44.Even
the term Taj Mahal doesn’t figure in any Mogul court records.
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