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NEW DELHI: Right wing body Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) filed a petition in Agra court seeking prohibitory orders against the observation of Urs, which marks the death of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, in Taj Mahal.
The petitioner further challenged the free entry of Urs inside the Taj Mahal.
The court has accepted the plea and fixed March 4 as the date of hearing.
According to ABHM spokesperson Sanjay Jat, the petition was filed on the basis of an RTI which said that neither the Mughals, nor the British allowed Urs to take place inside the Taj.
“The petition has been filed on the basis of an RTI filed by a Raj Kishore Raje, an historian of Agra city. In the RTI, he asked ASI who permitted ‘Urs’ celebration and ‘Namaz’ in Taj Mahal premises,” he told PTI.
“The ASI replied that neither Mughals, nor the British government or the Government of India have allowed Urs celebration in the Taj Mahal,” he added.
“So, on that basis we have filed a petition seeking the prohibitory injunction, stopping the organisers of Shahjahan Urs Celebration Committee, headed by Saiyyad Ibrahim Zaidi, from celebrating the Urs at the Taj Mahal,” Jat said.

“On Friday, the petitioner ABHM through its divisional head Meena Diwakar and district president Saurabh Sharma filed a petition in the Court of IV Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division) Room No 4 at Civil Court premises in Agra,” petitioner’s counsel Anil Kumar Tiwari said.
“They have sought for a permanent prohibitory injunction against the committee celebrating the Urs. The petitioner has also objected to having free entry for the Urs at the Taj Mahal,” he added.
The three-day event, which is scheduled to take place from February 6 to February 8, witnesses the rituals of ‘chadar poshi’, ‘sandal’, ‘gusul’, ‘kul’ among other events.
(With inputs from agencies)