Anyone who has visited the Taj Mahal would have been told the endearing love story behind its construction – 17th century Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan, was heartbroken following the death of his favorite wife during childbirth so he brought the most skilled craftsmen from across Asia and Europe to build the white mausoleum that is known today as the Taj Mahal. However, the story has been challenged by some academics, and now a government minister, who claim the world has been duped and that rather than an Islamic mausoleum, the Taj Mahal is actually part of an ancient Hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva, known as the Tejo Mahalaya.

According to Professor P.N. Oak, author of Taj Mahal: The True Story, the ancient Shiva temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from the then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh. Shah Jahan then remodelled the palace into his wife’s memorial.

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