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Why Is The Basement Of Taj Mahal Sealed Mysteries Of The Taj Mahal

The mysteries of the Taj Mahal are still left unexplored. Who knows what truth is and who is bothered as long as it is standing tall shining in the moonlight, bewitching everyone of its beauty.<br>

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Why Is The Basement Of Taj Mahal Sealed Mysteries Of The Taj Mahal

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  1. Why Is The Basement Of Taj Mahal Sealed? Mysteries Of The Taj Mahal

  2. Unsolved Mysteries of Taj Mahal: • A Hindu temple is the mystery of its closed basement. • Many old pictures of Taj Mahal clicked from the riverside revealed that the building actually has a two-level basement. • In 1911 a British Indologist and art historian, Vincent Smith published this picture in his book ‘History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon’. • However, the truth still stays hidden inside the dark rooms of that basement

  3. About the theories 1. Exposure To Carbon Dioxide • Theorists believe the basement which was closed during period 1995-1996 houses the second and third level of the monument. • The reason behind locking these chambers was excess exposure to Carbon Dioxide. • These chambers are made of marble which gets transformed into Calcium Carbonate when exposed to Carbon Dioxide which converts marble into a powdered form. • To avoid the further deterioration of the monument, the basement was sealed completely without any ventilation. • It was done deliberately as it could have affected the four Minars surrounding the Taj Mahal and a major part of the monument may have collapsed.

  4. About the theories 2. The Safety Of Real Grave Of Mumtaj • One of the most prominent mysteries of the Taj Mahal is that it is said that the graves that are open for public in Taj Mahal are dummy graves. • The real graves of Mumtaj and Shahjahan are preserved in the basement. • To keep their original graves safe, the basement has been sealed. • Shah Jahan wanted to preserve the dead body of Mumtaz Mahal so he buried her according to the Unani techniques, in a form of Mummy. • A researcher Armanul Haq who was a curator at the Museum of History claimed that Mumtaj was mummified.

  5. About the theories 3. Hiding The Truth • In 1974, an American professor Marvin Mills took a sample from the door of carbon dating and released research that the monument predates Shahjahan. • According to some people, after this revelation, the government of India removed the timber doors of the basement and bricked them. • Nobody knows the reality of those closed walls inside the basement of Taj Mahal. • Some people believe it is best kept hidden as any shocking fact can stir up the aggression among people.

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