Hey guys, today, we are going to talk about ancient lingam, ancient labyrinth and clear
evidence of ancient technology.
Look at this picture, an ancient lingam is set up , and nearby you can see this weird
labyrinth like structure right?
What is the meaning of this pattern?
If you watch till the end of the video, I will not only tell you the meaning, I will
show the scientific reason why this "labyrinth" was designed near the lingam.
For those of you who don't know, a labyrinth is just complicated network of passages which
can confuse you if you walk through them.
In certain theme parks there are huge labyrinths set up, so it will be a challenge to get through
. It is also called a maze and it is becoming popular with video games.
In India, there are certain temples and even prehistoric sites which show these labyrinths.
The most clear carving is this one, in Hoysaleswara temple, which is known for its extraordinary
rock machining technology.
In this temple, a strange labyrinth is carved.
What is the meaning of this?
This is actually a military formation known as Padmavyuha or Chakravyuha designed by ancient
Hindus.
What you are looking is the aerial view, or the top view of how this military formation
would look like.
You can see there are soldiers on horses in certain areas, there are archers with bow
and arrow and foot soldiers as well.
Of course this is just a simple design to give you a rough idea of the Padmavyuha, ok?
Because the actual military formation described in the ancient text of Mahabharata, was massive,
it stretched for 48 square miles.
This was a massive world war type event, it happened 5000 years ago.
Obviously you cannot show all the details in this one carving.
You cannot even put all the details if you carved all over the entire temple.
But imagine you are a soldier who wants to go to the center of this, It would be very
confusing, because it is not a straight route, you would think you go into the center, but
it will just throw you right back to the circumference, and then you have to again get closer and
closer and if you do get lucky and reach the center, it is very very hard to come back
out, alive.
And you may ask: did Mahabharata war really happen 5000 years ago?
This temple, Hoysaleswara temple is just dated to 800-900 years back.
So shouldn't I show something more ancient, something that's 5000 years old?
This was found in the state of Goa, look at this.
This is a huge rock art.
Archeologists agree that this could be as old as 4500 years ago.
They now say this was created in 2500 B.C and it could be the oldest labyrinth carving,
not just in India but in the entire world.
But what's crazy is that historians and archeologists are not connecting this with the Padmavyuha,
they are not even considering the battle formation.
But I think this remarkable evidence proves that ancient people drew the Padmavyuha after
the Mahabharata war, ok.
Experts should at least consider this as a possibility.
Al-Biruni, a famous historian who lived about a thousand years ago - He was from Iran, but
he is considered the founder of Indology, because of his deep analysis on Hinduism.
In his book, he mentions that King Ravana's City was designed like a labyrinth.
This is very intriguing because I showed you how Sigiriya, in Sri Lanka, which is said
to be Ravana's city.
And it is designed with various obstacles, in various stages, making it difficult to
reach the center.
If you go searching in Hindu temples, especially in deep dark areas, you may find carvings
of some type of Labyrinth.
This one found in one of the pillars of a Hindu temple.
It is square labyrinth, ok, this is also very ancient, and it is not easy to reach the center
with this one.
But I want to go back to the lingam and the labyrinth mystery, okay?
But the real problem is, this is not a labyrinth at all.
Why?
Because in a labyrinth, there should be only one way in, and the same way out.
In ancient Europe, you will see many ancient labyrinths depicted, especially in Greece,
with the same feature.
The way in, should be the way out as well.
But not here.
Of course this is half damaged, but if you look closely, you realize this is not a labyrinth
at all.
If you enter through this entry point, you reach the center immediately, okay?
The whole idea of creating a labyrinth is against this, reaching the center should be
as difficult as possible.
And then there is something else, it is a little bit damaged, but it has another exit
point, on this side here, which again tells us it is not a labyrinth.
And of course, you may ask this question: What if the exit point I mention is actually
the entry point, this would be a difficult path to reach the center if you enter through
this side.
There is a reason why I say this is the entry point, because you have to know the basic
idea behind this carving: water or some liquid will be poured on top of the lingam and that
liquid will get through this spout, and then the liquid will enter through this point.
This should be obvious if you are a Hindu, I am just telling you, in case you have a
different religious background, and this is why I know that this is the entry and this
is the exit, and not vice versa, ok?
Now, let's look at this video.
This is from another Shiva temple, and watch what happens to the leaf he is putting at
the entry point.
The leaf moves as though it is tracing the body of a snake, goes to the center, and then
see how it goes to the exit point.
On the entry point there is water springing naturally from the underground where a lingam
is said to be buried, okay?
We don't really care about the leaf, we are just wondering about why the water has to
go from the lingam to the drain, following a complicated path, this is the question.
Normally, the water should go in a straight line, but why does it have to curve around
for some time?
Now, the lingam itself is a very mysterious structure, a cylinder surrounded by a groove
at the base.
Many people agree that a lingam is a power source of some kind.
Look at the similarity between a modern day nuclear reactor and a lingam.
And then the groove around the base is also present in lingams, very similar to these
reactor, where coolants are going to be flowing around.
And perhaps this is why Hindus ritually pour water on top of the lingam, to literally cool
it because it is thought of as a very high energy device.
And of course, this is the reason why many of the lingams are situated near water bodies,
like lakes or rivers.
Now, here is the most interesting part, the water must circulate as long as possible to
cool the entire structure effectively, because the heat transfer has to take place.
A typical cooling system in any industry is designed to maximize the surface area and
the time the coolant would stay on the hot body.
Now remember the entire place is going to heat up.
If the water just flows out in a straight line, the amount of time and the surface area
it covers is very less.
It will not cool the entire system, ok?
It has to flow around as much as possible.
This is what we use in industrial cooling systems.
The coolant or water would typically flow around as long as possible, and the heat will
transfer from the hot surface to the coolant, creating an effective cooling system.
And this is the reason why these twisted elaborate carvings are made near lingams.
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