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HC dismisses PIL to open closed rooms of Taj

Lucknow, May 12 : The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking direction to open 20 rooms of the Taj Mahal and setting up a fact finding team to study them. The PIL filed by Dr Rajneesh Singh was dismissed by Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi. Referring to a book written by historian P N Oak, the petition claimed that the Taj Mahal was actually Tejomahalay, which was built by Raja Parmardi Dev in 1212 AD. It claimed that there is a Shiva temple behind the closed doors of the 17th century Taj. The petitioner sought direction to constitute a fact finding committee to study the monument and to open the 20 closed rooms of the Taj.

Jagatguru Hansacharya stopped from entering Taj Mahal

Agra (UP), April 27 : Jagatguru Paramhansacharya and his disciples were denied entry in the iconic Taj Mahal after he attempted to enter with his 'Dharma Danda'. Sources said on Wednesday that Jagatguru Paramhansacharya had come to Agra from Aligarh to see the Taj Mahal. "Though he was welcomed by the police personnel and driven to the entry gate of Taj Mahal in a golf cart, the Central Industrial Police Force (CISF) personnel and other employees deployed at the gate prevented him from entry as he was carrying the 'Dharma Danda'," they said. However, Jagatguru insisted on entering Taj Mahal premises, but the CISF personnel deployed in the security of the monument did not allow him to do so. Report said that tickets bought by Jagatguru and his disciples were taken back and the money was refunded.
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