Hyderabad, April 17 -- A man is alleged to have sprinkled gangajal on the premises of the iconic Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh's Agra, raising security concerns at the UNESCO-protected heritage site.

Gaurav Singh Chauhan, hailing from Muzzafarnagar district, claims to be a member of the Hindutva group Karni Sena. In a video circulated on social media platforms, Chauhan says he sprinkled gangajal on the graves of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and empress Mumtaz Mahal.

The video shows Chauhan entering the iconic Taj Mahal with a plastic bottle, sprinkling water and gestures with a thumbs-up chanting, 'Har Har Mahadev.' He goes on to say that a Shiva temple named 'Tejo Mahalaya' existed before the architectural monument.

"Yeh Shivji bhagwaan ka ...