Taj Mahal or ‘Tejo Mahalaya’? The legal tussle explained
The Allahabad High Court is reviewing a petition that challenges the status of the Taj Mahal, with claimants arguing it is a Hindu temple named Tejo Mahalaya. The article provides historical context on the monument's construction and notes that mainstream historians maintain it is a Mughal-era tomb.
Taj Mahal, the seventeenth-century tomb , is once again in the news. Earlier this month, the Allahabad High Court issued notices to the Centre and the Archaeological Survey of India, asking for their response to a plea challenging an Agra trial court order refusing a survey of the Taj Mahal. Following a petition filed by advocate Harishankar Jain contending that the Taj, a UNESCO World Heritage monument, is actually a Tejo Mahalaya, a Bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal passed the order.
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