Kanwar Yatra 2024: The debate over whether the Taj Mahal is the Tejo Mahalaya keeps going. After filing a petition to allow worship at the Taj Mahal, a worker from the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha showed up there on Monday with a Kanwar on her shoulder. Police at the RK Studio barrier at the western gate stopped her. The woman insists on entering the Taj Mahal with her Kanwar, saying that Lord Shiva appeared to her in a dream.

On Monday, Meera Rathore, the district president of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, tried to enter the Taj Mahal with a Kanwar. Police stopped her at the RK Studio barrier at the western gate. She said she had brought Ganga water from Soron in Kasganj.

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Meera Rathore asked to enter the Taj Mahal, saying that Lord Shiva appeared in her dream and told her to bring the Kanwar. She mentioned that the rules don’t allow changing the route. But officials, using these same rules, refused to let her in. Rathore stood with her Kanwar at the barrier at the western gate. Many Hindu activists came to the scene and tried to convince her.

After the police talked to her, the woman went to Rajeshwar Temple instead. A police team followed her for safety. Hindu activists, chanting slogans, also helped her get to the temple, where the Kanwar was offered in a ceremony.

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