The Hidden Hindu 2

by Akshat Gupta

Responding to her query, Parimal said, ‘It is believed by many that the Taj Mahal was originally called Tejo Mahalaya. The people dominating the Agra region in the eleventh century were Jats. They addressed Shiva as Tejaji. Jats had built many Teja mandirs, that is, Teja temples, because Teja linga is one among the several names of Shiva lingas mentioned in Hindu architectural texts. And hence, Tejo Mahalaya literally translates to the great abode of Tejaji.’ LSD typed something on her tablet again. ‘It says on this site that Tejo Mahalaya was the old name of the modern-day Taj Mahal.’ ‘Since the creation of the world, the one who rules the land rules its religions, rewrites yesterdays, dictates todays and influences tomorrows. People believed and claimed to have evidence in the form of written texts authored by many from those eras, about how there stood a palace named Tejo Mahalaya in the city of Agravana, ruled by the Hindu kings in 1155 AD. Just like