When Taj Mahal 'vanished' from UP's tourism booklet and Yogi govt was ridiculed

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh was ridiculed on social media on Tuesday after its tourism department published a booklet that didn’t include the Taj Mahal in the list of tourism destinations in the state. The booklet includes the Gorakhnath Temple, whose head priest is Adityanath, apart from another Gorakhpur temple.

Washington Post, BBC and several other media outlets reported the story on Tuesday. “Is India neglecting its iconic Taj Mahal because it was built by Muslims?” wrote the Post. It reported that Adityanath had said a couple of month back how Taj Mahal “does not reflect the