Taj Mahal is not a Hindu Temple, says government

Culture minister Mahesh Sharma on Monday told Lok Sabha, the government has not found any evidence that the Taj Mahal in Agra was a Hindu temple. He was replying on a declaratory suit filed in an Agra court that Taj Mahal be declared a Hindu temple with right to worship for Hindus. Archaeological Survey of India had earlier dismissed the claims that the 17th century Mughal monument is a Shiva temple.