One BK Ayyangar, approached the ASI through an RTIapplication saying that the Taj Mahal was really "TejoMahalaya", built by the Hindus and gifted to Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan by RajputKing Maan Singh.
Claiming to be a historian, one PN Oak said he had written a book"Taj Mahal: The True Story", arguing that Taj Mahal was originally aShiva temple gifted to Shah Jahan. Oak had approached the Supreme Court in 2000 on his thesis but the SupremeCourt dismissed the case, accusing him for having 'a bee in his bonnet' aboutthe Taj Mahal. The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed theUnion culture ministry to clarify the status of the Taj Mahal . Read more Clarify whether Taj Mahal is mausoleumor temple: CIC to govt GENERAL COMMENT The Hindus (especiallythe BJP/RSS type) have long been feeling inadequate & inferior over their insignificantrole in history and have decided to do something about it. In particular, the Second Millennium sawassorted invaders enter Hindustan starting with Mahmud of Ghazni in c 1000 CEand ending with Brexit in 1947. The Hindu elites have been smarting at theirfailure to confront and overthrow the invaders. As a result, the Hindutva elites(mostly the upper castes) are trying hard to make India a global power by aneconomic and military route but at the cost of the health and wellbeing of thepoorer people. The Hindutvalas also have a project of revenge against the Muslims for theircenturies of control of Hindustan. In 2002, some 2000 were massacred in Gujarat(with Modi as CM) and more recently Muslims are being lynched on flimsy proteststo do with cows and beef (Modi is PM). [Mind you, there is no similar vengeful programme against the British.The Hindu elites are grateful to the British for creating the Indian state& all its institutions. ] The Hindutvalashave next sought to falsify history: - they go back to ancient (Vedic) times when dates and data are uncertain andclaim glorious accomplishments such as implanting animal organs onto humans (asin the case of god Ganesh) and achieving interplanetary travel. - they distort more recent historical incidents or simply fabricating events. Examples: - the Taj Mahal was really a Rajput monument gifted to the Moghuls - India won the 1962 War by defeating the Chinese. In HinduRashtra, anything goes –ethics, tolerance or historical truth can be dispensed with. Eddie
