Was the Taj Mahal a Vedic Temple?
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Read my later posts on this topic here: Re-examining History: The Making of the Taj
You can read Stephen Knapp’s article at this link: “Taj Mahal: Was it a Vedic Temple?” – The Photographic Evidence
Why would Hindu’s build a temple in a persian/islamic style? You are simply wasting bandwidth with this idiocy.
Thanks for your comment but I am not sure you have seen the photographs or studied the subtleties of the architecture.
The other point is that several secular buildings in the Mughal times had strong Persian influence – so just because the building has some Persian features does not necessarily mean that it was contructed by Shah Jahan (which is my MAIN point of contention).
The article that you read above is from Stephen Knapp’s website and written by him. There is another one which I have written which looks at this in some more detail. My current hypothesis is that it was not a Hindu temple but a palace built by a Rajput ruler (possibly Raja ManSingh) see this link (or type Taj Mahal in the search box on my site) for more:
http://hindudharma.wordpress.com/2005/11/07/taj-mahal-the-biggest-whitewash-in-indian-history/
One should not look at everything from a religious prespective. Religion is like profession. In Buddhism it says that anything that begins does eventually end.
Courtesy Sh Krishen Kak, this recent article from NatureIn same measures: Harappa to Taj