Taj Mahal Photo # 11

This Naqqar Khana alias Music House in the Taj Mahal garden is an incongruity if the
Taj Mahal were an Islamic tomb. Close by on the right is the building which Muslims
claim to be a mosque. The proximity of a mosque to the Music House is incongruous
with Muslim tradition. In India, Muslims have a tradition of pelting stones on Hindu music
processions passing over a mosque. Moreover a mausoleum needs silence. A dead
person's repose is never to be disturbed. Who would then provide a band house for a
dead Mumtaz? Contrarily Hindu temples and palaces have a music house because
morning and evening Hindu chores begin to the sweet strains of sacred music.