What are some unsolved mysteries about temples in India?

 There are many temples which are very mysterious and even scientists have not been able to explain the mysteries surrounding the temple. Explaing about all the temples is an impossible feat, so I will explain about one temple.

Kailasa temple at Ellora caves :

• This temple seems to be built by a very advanced civilization.
• What’s special about this temple is it was not built by adding stone blocks but an entire mountain was carved to create this temple.

• This is the only temple in the whole world where a mountain was cut out from the top , to create a structure.
• In all other temples and caves, even in Ellora and the rest of the world, the rock was cut from the front and carved as they went along.

• The whole world has followed a rock cutting technique called “cut-in-monolith” while Kailasa temple is the only one that has used the exact opposite technique called “cut-out monolith” .
• To see why this technique is different , let’s take a look at the pillar , that is over 100ft tall.

• See how small human beings look , when compared to this pillar. Normally, to create such a huge pillar, it would take years of work, carving accurately on the huge rock. But this pillar was carved by scooping out all the pieces of mountain around it.

• You can imagine the amount of rock , which has been removed to create this pillar.
• Historians and archaeologists are confused because of the sheer amount of rock that was removed in this temple. Archaeologists confirm that over 400,000 tonnes of rock had to be scooped out , which would have taken not years, but centuries of human labour.
• Historians have no record of such a monstrous task and they think that this temple was built in less than 18 years !!!

• Let’s do a simple math and see if they are correct. I am going to assume that people worked everyday for 18 years and for 12 hours straight with no breaks at all. I am going to ignore rainy days, festivals, war time and assume that people worked like robots ceaselessly. I am also going to ignore the time taken to carve intricate carvings and complex engineering designs and planning and just focus on the removal of rocks.
• If 400,000 tons of rocks were removed in 18 years , 22,222 tons of rocks had to be removed every year. This means that 60 tons of rocks were removed every day, which gives us 5 tons of rocks were removed every hour.
• I think we can all agree that this is not even possible today to remove 5 tons of rock from a mountain every hour. Not even with the so called advanced machines we have. So if it is not humanly possible , was it done by the humans ??
• Now forget about creating such an extraordinary structure . Can human beings atleast destroy this temple? Infact Aurangzeb, a Jihadi king employed a thousand workers to completely demolish this temple.
• In the year 1682, the Jihadi who was disrobed by the Marathas and later had died a dog’s death , with no one beside him, had ordered the temple to be destroyed so that there would be no trace of it.
• Records show that a thousand people worked for 3 years , and they could only do a very minimal damage. They could break and disfigure a few statues here and there but they realized that it is just not possible to completely destroy this temple. Finally he gave up the plan of destroying this temple. Poor Dufferzeb! He realizes everything very late! At first he thought that he would subdue Marathas but poor Aurangzeb after getting beaten around by Marathas for 27 years , finally realized that he was no match for them! What a shame for Aurangzeb ! Finally died like a dog with no one beside him and even his treasury was empty, and later his descendants became a puppet of the great Peshwa Baji Rao. Poor Mughals !!! They could’nt even manage their treasury and some comedians think that they made our country rich!!!

• Infact archaeologists agree that Kailasa temple was created before any other temple in the Ellora cave complex. Could this have been built centuries before human beings started carving other temples nearby? Is this why the architecture , the design and the size of is so much better and bigger than other temples? If it was built by humans, it is logical to expect that the rock cutting tchniques and design would become better over time. People would gain more experience and knowledge and make better structures in the future. However, the Kailasa temple is the oldest and the biggest temple carved with engineering perfection.
• Unlike other temples , the Kailasa is the only temple that is visible from the air. Out of 34 temples , all carved side by side , Kailasa stands out and you can see it while flying over it.
• So the mystery is how was this temple made and who made it? If you vist this temple , there are many more features which might shock you. Unlike other temples of Ellora , notice how well its rectangular design is oriented with all the four directions. Its entrance faces perfectly to the west.

• Unlike most other temples of Ellora , this temple has bridges that connect towers , rainwater harvesting systems, drainage systems , hidden underground passages , secret peepholes that can show people walking in , elaborate balconies in different areas and complex stairways that connect multiple levels.

• And all of this had to be planned accurately before they started carving the mountain. For example, you cannot carve these two structures seperately and then decide to build a bridge later. No connecting rocks or external rocks were used at all, and everything was carved perfectly from one mountain. Do you still believe that this was done with chisels, hammers and pickaxes by people with limited mathematical and architectural knowledge? I hope we all can agree that the Kailasa temple was built by a much advanced civilization.

• So who do you think built this?

HAR HAR MAHADEVA.

What are the biggest mysteries about gravity that scientists still can't explain?

 A tiny fridge magnet can lift a paperclip, completely overpowering the pull of the entire Earth. To physicists, this baffling weakness is just the first of gravity's many mysteries.

This massive discrepancy is known as the "hierarchy problem." Gravity is roughly 10^40 times weaker than the electromagnetic force. Physicists do not know why it is so diluted compared to the other fundamental forces. Some theoretical models suggest gravity might be "leaking" into extra dimensions, but there is no experimental proof.

The second major hurdle is quantum gravity. Every other fundamental interaction—electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, and the weak nuclear force—has a proven quantum mechanical description involving subatomic carrier particles. Gravity does not. Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity describes gravity as the smooth, continuous warping of spacetime. Quantum mechanics, conversely, dictates that the universe operates in discrete, unpredictable jumps. These two mathematical frameworks are fundamentally incompatible. When researchers try to combine them into a single equation, the math yields impossible infinite answers.

This incompatibility becomes a concrete problem when looking at black holes. At the center of a black hole lies a singularity, a point where matter is compressed into infinite density and spacetime curvature becomes infinite. In physics, infinities usually mean a theory has broken down and stopped describing reality. Because there is no quantum theory of gravity, scientists cannot describe what actually happens to matter and spacetime at the core of a black hole.

Finally, gravity refuses to behave as expected on cosmic scales. When astronomers measure the rotation of galaxies, the outer edges spin far too fast to be held together by the gravity of the visible stars and gas. The outer stars should fling off into space. To explain why galaxies do not tear themselves apart, physicists postulate the existence of "dark matter"—an invisible substance exerting massive gravitational pull. Yet, despite decades of searching, no one has detected a dark matter particle, leaving the true nature of galactic gravity unexplained.

Superimposed mass density contours showing the gravitational lensing of dark matter in the Bullet Cluster. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

What are the mysteries and secrets of the cave of Lord Shiva?

 There are two stories regarding the secret cave of Shiva.

One is the Yana caves, Karnataka and the other is Shivkhori, Jammu.

Locals of Yana say that, when the Asur Bhasmasura wanted to put his hand on Shiva and turn Shiva into ash, Lord Vishnu came as Mohini and put an end to Bhasmasura. This incident occurred at the Yana cave, Karnataka.

(Yana cave, Karnataka )

In this cave there is a Swayambhu Shivlinga, water drips from the roof over the Linga, adding to the sanctity of the place.

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• Yet another story says, this incident happened in Jammu, and the cave or Khori where Shiva took shelter thus became famous as Shivkhori.

This cave is situated in the Reasi district of Jammu amd Kashmir, and is often reverred as the Home of Gods.

• It is believed that Shiva stays in the Shivkhori and there is a secret route, which connects it to Amarnath. This cave has a natural Shiva lingam (Swayambhu) which is 2 to 3 meters in height.
• The cave has a secret route which connects it to Amarnath.
• The cave is now closed as some Sadhus who dared to go inside the cave, never returned. The cave is mere 200 meters in length and one Meter wide.
• There cave’s roof is carved with snake formations, and there is a continuous flow of water from the roof onto the Shiva lingam.

Source : Wikipedia

Are there any archaeological mysteries that remain unsolved?

 Have you ever heard the term dolmen?

Did you know that a word that only appeared in high school Japanese history textbooks can actually help you feel closer to the characteristics of ancient megalithic culture, and that there is actually much that is not known about the unique shape of these tombs?

While these mysterious dolmens can be seen in Japan as well, in neighboring South Korea, there are as many as 30,000 dolmens, accounting for half of the world's total. These densely populated dolmens, with their varying rock shapes and heights depending on the region, represent a unique culture and have been registered as a World Cultural Heritage site.

The structure of these dolmens is extremely simple, ranging from the common type where a table-shaped rock rests on a base stone, to more elaborate dolmens like those found on Jeju Island, which are surrounded by base stones and have a stone placed on top, resembling a stone chamber.

Here's a question: Do you know why this structure is called a dolmen?

Is it because it's a tomb with a large rock placed on top of a base stone?

The answer is no.

Most people think of them as tombs because they are labeled as "dolmens," and indeed, carbon monoxide poisoning has revealed human remains inside, but it is unknown whether dolmens were actually built as tombs in the first place. It is also unknown who built the first dolmen, for what purpose, or even what the original dolmen was.

Furthermore, since human remains are often not found inside these tombs , I personally believe they cannot be simply called tombs. (From here on, I will use the term "dolmen.")

Now, to return to the main point, the culture of dolmens is not limited to Korea and Japan. Structures believed to be dolmens are scattered all over the world.

These dolmen-like structures, as seen in the photographs, exist in various regions, primarily in the UK and South Korea, but also in Ireland, France, China, Spain, Sweden, Malaysia, India, Georgia, Bulgaria, and Guinea.

South Korea, Germany, and France, in particular, have many such structures remaining, and Spain has what is believed to be the world's oldest surviving dolmen, dating back to 7000 BC.

Despite their rich history, dolmens are often found in places that seem to have no causal connection to other countries, such as Guinea or India.

Photo believed to be of a dolmen in Guinea ↓

Indian dolmens ↓

You might wonder how it spread to such unconnected regions.

that's right.

The most mysterious thing about this building is,

"We don't know how it spread."

That's the thing.

There are two main possibilities to consider regarding this extremely difficult mystery.

The first theory is that each culture created the dolmen as a distinct cultural construct.

This is the most widely accepted theory, suggesting that ancient people built structures through their own individual cultures, but honestly, I still have my doubts.

Given the many common characteristics they share, it seems incredibly perplexing to me that they were built upon independent cultures.

However, it's not possible to generalize, as the spiral patterns found at the Bruna-bo-Nya archaeological site in Ireland sometimes resemble the spiral patterns on Jomon pottery.

The second theory is that the ancient people built the temples after encountering a common event or through trade.

This idea is somewhat difficult to grasp, but if we consider that they were built through trade, then this explanation makes sense. In fact, structures believed to be dolmens are mainly found along the coast, so it's possible to speculate that they spread by ship.

World map from 10,000 BC ↓

However, it is unlikely that dolmen structures spread from Europe to Korea, Japan, and even Malaysia through trade, and since no documents have been found, this theory simply lacks sufficient evidence to be proven.

Furthermore, considering whether the navigation technology to reach Korea, Guyana, and Malaysia existed at that time, this theory seems unrealistic.

Other theories include "it was transmitted by aliens" and "it's a derivative of menhir" (because the word dolmen is the same Breton language as the word menhir), but so far no evidence has been found to support these claims.

A mural carved into a dolmen that looks like an alien ↓

A dolmen in Brittany, the birthplace of the Breton language ↓

However, even the mysterious dolmens have some features that have been partially explained.

This theory suggests that dolmens, particularly those in the Brittany region, were used for equatorial rituals . This is because dolmens are always positioned east-west, with their openings facing east, indicating a preference for equatorial rites.

Another

interesting feature is that,

despite being located at the far ends of the Eurasian continent, the dolmens in Korea and Spain share the same form .

These structures known as dolmens, whose details remain largely unknown and which continue to raise many questions, stir people's imaginations and stand quietly to this day.

What are the hidden mysteries behind everyday objects that most people don't know about?

 

1. Colored toothpaste

Have you ever wondered why classic toothpaste has stripes of three colors: white, blue, and red? It turns out that each stripe has different ingredients and purposes.

• Fluoride (the white component) is the most important ingredient in toothpaste, containing the substances that whiten teeth and remove plaque.
• The blue (or green) Aqua Gel has antimicrobial and refreshing effects.
• The red gel was added later. It contains some crucial elements for healthy gums.

In reality, there's no need to divide toothpaste into different colors. It's just a clever marketing strategy.

2. The crown of the Statue of Liberty

Everyone has seen the Statue of Liberty in person or in photos. However, few people know that the seven spikes on the crown of this statue represent the seven oceans and the seven continents of the world, indicating the universal concept of freedom. And one more interesting fact: each spike weighs exactly 150 pounds (about 68 kg).

3. Ballpoint pen :

Many ballpoint pens have a small hole in the middle of the casing. Some thought it was a manufacturing error, while others believed it had no purpose. In fact, this hole was designed to allow air in and help the ink continue to flow. This air allows the ink to flow smoothly, and in moments when the pen stops working, all you needed to do was remove the ink cartridge from the casing and shake it a little!

4. The small bow on the back of most of your shirts is there for a few reasons. First, and probably the most obvious, is to hang your shirt on a hanger. In the past, men also cut this bow on the back of their shirts if they started dating a girl to signal that they were in a relationship.

5. If you've ever been on a plane and suddenly been startled to see a small hole in the window next to you, don't be afraid! The reason the holes exist is to help regulate the air pressure that passes through the inner and outer panes of the window.

6. The extra piece of fabric or material that comes with your garment isn't there as a backup in case you tear the material, as most people think. It's actually there so you can test the material with your detergent or washing machine to see if it will have any negative effect on the fabric.

7. If you can't figure out why there's a small hole between your iPhone's flash and the camera lens, don't worry, the answer is quite simple. It's actually a secondary microphone, which helps the phone filter out background noise. It also helps your phone's personal assistant, Siri, understand different accents.

8. Most lotions, shampoos, and makeup products you buy have a series of mysterious symbols. The highest symbol tells you the product's expiration date! So, if you see "12M" (as in the image below), it means you have 12 months from the time you opened the bottle to use it before it expires.

9. You know that funny little "button" at the bottom of your rearview mirror? It actually has a purpose. When you're driving at night, pressing the button backward can protect you from being blinded/dazzled by oncoming headlights without losing visibility. Who would have thought of that?

10. Hyundai:

Like many of us, when you see the logo of the South Korean multinational Hyundai, you think it's simply the first letter of the name. In fact, that's not the case; the letter "H" symbolizes two people (a customer and a company representative) shaking hands.

What is one of the most unsolved mysteries in world history?

 There are many figures to consider, but I'd like to introduce you to Rasputin, the Russian scientist who is perhaps the most enigmatic figure in modern Japanese history .

He always looks scary in photos, but he's seriously come back to life about 10 times .

His life began in a small village in Siberia. Apparently, because literacy rates were low in his village, he didn't attend school and instead spent his time playing around.

After getting married, he suddenly told his family he was going on a pilgrimage and left the village. Apparently, he had received a revelation from the Virgin Mary. After completing his training and returning to the village, he had become a devout ascetic.

He then went to the capital city of Saint Petersburg and, with his mysterious powers, he healed people's illnesses one after another, earning him the title of "Man of God ." His reputation reached the ears of the emperor, who asked him to cure the crown prince's hemophilia. Although it is still a difficult disease to treat even today, he miraculously succeeded in curing the crown prince's hemophilia . This event earned him the emperor's trust. Incidentally, there are various theories as to why the hemophilia was cured, but ultimately it remains a mystery.

Because of all this, he enjoyed the emperor's absolute trust, and he was also very popular with the surrounding nobles. He lived surrounded by many noblewomen who thought that if they could get the same benefits from his virility, they would too. Naturally, some people became suspicious of him, and voices calling him a "charlatan" and a "heretic" rose from all sides. He was nearly assassinated by people who thought he would start manipulating the emperor's power from behind the scenes. He was stabbed in the abdomen by the assailant, but he fought back with a stick that was nearby . He survived and recovered after spending seven weeks in the hospital (lol).

Nevertheless, the number of people who found him suspicious continued to grow, and when World War I began, the nobles around him started spreading rumors to bring him down. And once again, his life was in danger.

On December 17, 1916, he was assassinated at Moika Palace. Rasputin had been invited to a party by the assassins, and initially, the assassins mixed potassium cyanide into his cake and tea. However, he remained completely unfazed and continued to converse normally . As the party drew to a close, the assassins, seeing that he was not dying, decided to kill him with a revolver. They fired two shots at the drunken Rasputin from behind, but he fell once before getting up again, reportedly saying, "I opened my eyes and realized I was in danger ." Hearing the commotion, the other assassins fired more shots at him, one of which pierced his spine, yet he got up again. Shocked a second time, the assassins finally lost patience, struck him in the right eye with a candlestick, and shot him in the forehead, finally killing him . Incidentally, his body was thrown into a river.

Following this assassination, the emperor was overthrown and executed, and a new country, the Soviet Union, was established.

That concludes his life story. Finally, I would like to summarize his legends, including those that I couldn't include above.

• He cured the Crown Prince's hemophilia with a mysterious power.
• He didn't die from potassium cyanide.
• He didn't die even after being hit by several bullets.
• He finally died after being punched and shot in the forehead.
• The strength to still swing a stick even after being stabbed.
• As a child, I nearly drowned in a river and contracted pneumonia, but I survived.
• Despite liking sugar, he never brushed his teeth and had a mouth full of cavities.
• He could make any horse docile during training.
• I was able to lift things using hypnotic powers.
• He was indifferent to money and often gave it away to others without hesitation.
• He had a monstrously huge penis.

He's truly a strange monk .