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By Amna Toufeeq | 07 October 2025
The poster shows Paresh Rawal opening the Taj Mahal’s dome, with a Lord Shiva statue inside.
Paresh Rawal’s new Bollywood movie, ‘The Taj Story,’ is causing a stir even before it comes out. A new argument started on social media after the actor posted the movie’s poster online. The movie is directed by Tushar Amrish Geol and also stars Zakir Hussain, Amruta Khanvilkar, and Senha
A movie poster for ‘The Taj Story,’ starring Paresh Rawal, is causing controversy. The poster shows Rawal opening the Taj Mahal’s dome to reveal a Lord Shiva statue inside.
Some people believe the Taj Mahal was built on the site of a Shiva temple called ‘Tejo Mahalaya.’ This idea, along with a book claiming a Hindu monument existed there before the Mughals, has fueled the debate about the Taj Mahal’s history..
In 2022, Rajneesh Singh asked a group to look into the Taj Mahal’s past and open 22 locked rooms to check for Hindu statues. Also in 2022, Diya Kumari, a BJP member of parliament from Jaipur’s royal family, said her family used to own the land the Taj Mahal is on. Online, some people think Paresh Rawal’s new movie, ‘The Taj Story,’ suggests the Taj Mahal was once a Shiva temple.
