After calling for Hindu suicide bombers, Thackeray’s people now want to anoint the Taj Mahal a Hindu temple. [TOI]
Taj Mahal is really Tejo Mahal per Shiv Sena
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In an attempt to reclaim the Taj Mahal as a Hindu temple, a few Sainiks entered the Taj premises disguised as tourists and started a ritual or parikrama with folded hands. When asked to stop by the authorities, they got into a scuffle which ended with them being shipped to the nearest police station.
There is no mention if the Sena activists, a.k.a Sainiks, actually lit a fire inside the monument or not.
So why now and why the Taj Mahal?
Apparently, Bal Thackeray has finally gotten Internet connection and read up on Stephen Knapp, whose website claims to “prove” vedic origins/influences for everything from the Taj Mahal to Egyptian artifacts to the Vatican (no link love from us, google it). Per Knapp, the Taj Mahal is a vedic temple, a “study” which has often been cited by the Hindu right wing fundamentalists who’ve over the past couple of years started making similar claims. And if it’s on the Internet, it must be true, correct?
The Shiv Sena, which considers the 17th century monument built by Emperor Shah Jahan as an older Shiva temple called ‘Tejo Mahal’,
The fundamentalists claim that Shah Jahan actually acquired the Taj Mahal from Hindu king, Jai Singh.
I whole heartedly agree with the fundies. Everything has vedic influences and/or comes from India. Take the case of the Statue of Liberty. Presenting my own “everything has vedic influence” research on how Lady Liberty is a blatant ripoff of a Hanuman statue.
Note the stance of the two statutes, besides the obvious shift in hands, the hand carrying the Lady’s torch and Hanuman’s mace seem to be held high. This seems to stem from the vedic philosophy of holding things higher for better visibility and momentum. The book the Lady is carrying seems to be carrying is popularly proclaimed as “a tablet with the date of the Declaration Of Independence engraved in Roman numerals”. Actually it is Krishna’s birthday in Sanskrit – Roman numerals actually came from Sanskrit but that is a different post altogether. The book is also supposed to signify learning, per Hindu goddess Saraswati. The Liberty statue itself is made of copper, the metal of choice for a lot of Hindu god statues. Then there is the obvious crossing of oceans, Hanuman flew across one and the Lady floated across one, much like the bridge Hanuman built. And last but not the least, the crown on Lady Liberty’s head does not resemble Hanuman’s but there is a reason for that, her crown represents an open lotus. Lotus, of course is the preferred choice of seating for some Hindu deities, including Lakshmi goddess of cash money.
Can we please get some Shiv Sainiks to perform “puja” at the Statue of Liberty to claim it as a Hindu temple? And while we’re at it have these Amrikans tourists take off their shoes before entering New York Harbour. Thank you come again
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