A right-wing organisation Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha has filed a petition in an Agra court seeking a prohibitory injunction against the observation of the 'Urs' at the Taj Mahal. , India News, Times Now
Taj Mahal will be renamed Ram Mahal ; BJP MLA claims monument was Shiva temple
BJP MLA Surendra Singh was talking to reporters on Saturday where he said that Taj Mahal used to be a temple of Lord Shiva and that it will soon be renamed during UP CM Yogi Adityanath s term.
Four held for waving saffron flags inside Taj mahal premises
Two days ago, three Hindu Mahasabha activists, including a woman, were arrested while trying to offer prayers on Taj Mahal premises. In a surprising claim made by BJP MLA Surendra Singh from Bairia constituency in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, the minister said Taj Mahal will soon be renamed as Ram Mahal. Singh was talking to reporters on Saturday where he said that Taj Mahal used to be a temple of Lord Shiva and that it will soon be renamed during UP CM Yogi Adityanath s term.
Three Hindu Mahasabha activists, including a woman, were arrested while trying to offer prayers at Taj Mahal.
They were caught by CISF personnel and handed over to local police, which booked them under IPC section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on the ground religion, etc) at Tajganj police station.
The three activists, Meena Diwakar, provincial chief of the organisation, district in-charge Jitendra Kushwaha and one Vishal Singh entered the monument s premises and offered water, which they carried in a bottle, to Lord Sun near a central tank on the occasion of Maha Shivratri on Thursday.
They were caught by CISF personnel when they were going to offer prayers before the main mausoleum. Later, Hindu Mahasabha activists staged a protest outside the police station and demanded their release.
Agra: Hindu Mahasabha Activists Held For Doing Pooja In Taj Premises On Maha Shivratri
A view of the Taj Mahal in Agra (Representative image) (Vijayananda Gupta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Three Hindu Mahasabha activists, including a woman, were arrested while trying to offer prayers on Taj Mahal premises.
They were caught by CISF personnel and handed over to local police, which booked them under IPC section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on the ground religion, etc) at Tajganj police station.
The three activists, Meena Diwakar, provincial chief of the organisation, district in-charge Jitendra Kushwaha and one Vishal Singh entered the monument s premises and offered water, which they carried in a bottle, to Lord Sun near a central tank on the occasion of Maha Shivratri on Thursday (11 March).