Friends, this wasn’t the first time that such claims were made. There were several similar petitions before this as well. Such as in April 2015, a similar suit was filed in the Agra court by six lawyers, who claimed that the Taj Mahal was actually a Shiv Temple.
They asked the court for permission to allow Hindus to worship there. In their plea, lawyer Hari Shankar Jain and his colleagues said that that it was Raja Paramardi Dev who built Tejo Mahalaya, in 1212 AD. And that this temple was later inherited by Raja Maan Singh in the 17th century. After which the property was held by Raja Jai Singh and then in 1632, Shah Jahan annexed it.
After the death of Mumtaz Mahal, after the death of Shah Jahan’s wife, this temple was converted into a memorial for Mumtaz. Then the court directed the Central Government, Union Ministry of Culture, Home Secretary, and the ASI, to submit their replies to this claim.
