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entitled "The Taj Mahal is a Temple Palace" 1. The term Taj Mahal itself never occurs in
any Mogul court paper or chronicle even in Aurangzeb's time. 2. The attempt to explain
it away as Taj-i-Mahal i.e. a crown among residences is, therefore, ridiculous. 3.
Moreover, if the Taj is believed to be a burial place how can the term 'Mahal' i.e.
'mansion', apply to it? 4. The other popular Islamic explanation is that the term 'Taj
Mahal' derives from 'Mumtaz Mahal'--the lady who is supposed to be buried in it. This
explanation is itself full of absurdities as we shall presently see. It may be noted at the
outset that the term 'Taj' which ends in a 'j', could not have been derived from Mumtaz
ending in a'z'. 5. Moreover, the lady's name was never Mumtaz Mahal but Arjum and
Banu Begum alias Mum taz-ul-Zamani , as mentioned in Shahjahan's official court
chronicle, the Badshahnama. 6. Since the term Taj Mahal does not at all occur in Mogul
records it is absurd to search for any Mogul explanation for it. Both its components
namely 'Taj' and 'Mahal' are of Sanskritic origin. Mahal in Hindu parlance signifies a
mansion i.e. a grand edifice. Taj is the popular corruption of the word 'Tej' meaning
splendour. In no Muslim country from Afghanistan to Abyssinia, is any edifice
described as Mahal. 7. The term Taj Mahal is a corrupt form of the Sanskrit term 'Tejo
Mahalaya' signifying a Shiva temple. Agreshwar Mahadev i.e. the Lord God of Agra
was consecrated in it. 8. The famous Hindu treatise on architecture, titled Viswakarma
Vastushastra mentions the 'Tej Linga' amongst Shiva Lingas i.e. stone emblems of Lord
Shiva, the Hindu deity. Such a Teja Linga was consecrated in the Taj Mahal hence the
term Taj Mahal alias Tejo Mahalaya. 9. Agra city, in which the Taj Mahal is located, is
an ardent centre of Shiva worship. Its orthodox residents have through the ages
continued the tradition of worshipping at five Shiva shrines before taking the last meal
every night especially during the month of Shravan. During the last few centuries
residents of Agra had to be content with worshipping at only four prominent Shiva
temples viz. Balkeshwar, Prithvinath, Manakameshwar and Rajarajeshwar. They had
lost track of the fifth Shiva deity which their forefathers worshipped. Apparently the
fifth was Agreshwar Mahadev i.e. the Lord Great God of Agra consecrated in the Tejo-
Mahalaya alias Taj Mahal. 10. The people who dominate the Agra region are Jats. Their
name for Shiva is Tejaji. The Jat special issue of the Illustrated Weekly of India (June
28, 1971) mentions that the Jats have Teja Mandirs i.e. Teja temples. This is because
Teja Linga is one among several names of Shiva Lingas mentioned in Hindu
architectural texts. From this it is apparent that the Taj Mahal is Tejo Mahalaya, the
Great Abode of Tej'. 11. A Sanskrit inscription too supports the above conclusion.
Known as the Bateshwar inscription it is currently preserved in the Lucknow museum.
It refers to the raising of a "Crystal white Shiva