Many parts of India’s ancient holy cities of Vrindavan and Mathura have been flooded by the swollen Yamuna river over the last few days, after heavy rainfall in northern India…
Taj Mahal
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Temples from Mughal-era India demonstrates the fluidity of art and contradicts contemporary Hindu nationalist historical revisionism. When one thinks of Shahjahanabad, the capital city whose foundation was laid by Mughal…
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Be it Delhi’s Qutab Minar or Agra’s Taj Mahal, heritage monuments are lately a hot topic of debate. Mathura’s Shahi Idgah and Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque have already made their way…
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A campaign by the Hindu right-wing groups to claim Mughal era monuments and historic mosques has raised a wave of concern among minorities, historians, and archaeologists across India. Recently a…
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Thirty years after mobs demolished a historic mosque in Ayodhya, triggering a wave of sectarian bloodshed that saw thousands killed, fundamentalist Indian Hindu groups are eyeing other Muslim sites —…
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A court in north India on Monday ordered authorities to limit large Muslim prayer gatherings in the historic Gyanvapi mosque after a survey team found relics of the Hindu god…
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The Taj Mahal and all other centrally protected monuments, museums and sites, closed for around two months due to the Covid pandemic, will be reopened on June 16, an Archaeological…
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Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world, was brieflt shut for visitors on Thursday morning after an unidentified person called the police to inform that some explosive…
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A petition has been filed in the Saket court in New Delhi alleging that the 12th century Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque was built in place of a temple complex comprising as many…
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Agra: The iconic Taj Mahal and other historical monuments in Agra will remain closed until further notice as these structures fall within the buffer zone areas of COVID-19, the district officials…
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Agra: The district administration of Agra has agreed to beef up security outside the Taj Mahal at the request of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), following Shiv Sena’s threat of…
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The district administration of Agra has agreed to beef up security outside the Taj Mahal at the request of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), following Shiv Sena’s threat of performing…
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Supreme Court order, namaz can only be offered on Fridays by local residents in Taj Mahal
by Abbas AdilA grey area in the July 2018 Supreme Court order barring outsiders from offering namaz inside Taj Mahal premises on Fridays has become a bone of contention between Archaeological Survey…
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Defying a controversial ban order by the Archeological Survey of India, members of the Taj Mahal Intezamia Committee (TMIC) offered namaz at the mosque inside the Taj Mahal complex on…