Taj Mahal was Tejomahal for Hindus

The Taj Mahal is originally a Hindu temple and should be renamed “Tejo Mahal”, BJP parliamentarian Vinay Katiyar said today, wading into the controversy over the 17th-century Mughal-built monument and some outrageous comments on it.

Katiyar, a Rajya Sabha member who is a prominent figure in the campaign for a Ram temple at the Babri mosque site in Ayodhya, asserted that the Taj Mahal was built on the ruins of an ancient Shiva temple.

“Taj Mahal is a Hindu temple. There are many symbols of Hindu gods and goddesses in Taj. It was known as Tejo Mahal and water used to drip from its ceiling…,”Mr Katiyar said.