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"The actual cause of this engineering feat is yet unknown." I'm not sure how to describe it but I had a job once where there were some steel stairs with handrails. If I hit one railing it would shake side to side and the amplitude would die down to almost still and then the other rail would start to vibrate. A wave was traveling back and forth through the platform below my feet but my feet did not move. My guess is the same amount of energy requires less amplitude when the mass is greater. The stillness is only a perception. -- Gbleem 05:43, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Though the translation of the words "Jhulta Minar" is "Swinging minarets", the place is known as "Shaking Minarets" (check refs). So even if it is the incorrect translation, wikipedia must use the popular name - Shaking minarets. Hence my revert regarding the issue. - Aksi_great ( talk) 12:06, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
In the "Minarets" section:
In the "Present condition" section:
The second selection doesn't actually say that the stampede was the cause of the closure, but it sure implies it. If these two statements are both true, then some clarifying statements are needed. Mdotley 13:52, 11 September 2006 (UTC)