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Modi govt rejects temple claim on Taj
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Modi government has rejected claims by a group of lawyers that the Taj Mahal monument was a Hindu temple. Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said the government had not found any evidence to support the claim, according to BBC report.
New Delhi: Modi government has rejected claims by a group of lawyers that the Taj Mahal monument was a Hindu temple. Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said the government had not found any evidence to support the claim, according to BBC report.The lawyers filed a petition in a court last year saying that the monument should be handed over to Hindus.
The Taj Mahal, a 17th Century mausoleum built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a Muslim, after his wife's death, attracts about 12,000 visitors a day. Six lawyers belonging to the city of Agra, where the monument is located, had told a court there was "substantial evidence" to prove that the famous monument was originally a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. They had urged the court to declare the monument a Hindu temple.
The Taj Mahal was completed by Shah Jahan in 1653 as a mausoleum for his third and favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child. In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a Unesco World Heritage site and attracts millions of visitors each year.
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