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India is not only a center of faith and religion, but it is also a land of ancient architecture and unsolved mysteries that even today’s modern science has been unable to fully understand. There are many such historical temples in the country, whose structure, natural phenomena and miraculous beliefs surprise anyone. Somewhere thousands of rats rule, while somewhere stones weighing hundreds of tons are resting in the air without any foundation.
1. Karni Mata Temple (Deshnoke, Rajasthan): Unique abode of 25,000 rats
Karni Mata Temple, located in Deshnoke, about 30 kilometers away from Bikaner, Rajasthan, is famous all over the world by the name of ‘Temple of Rats’. About 25,000 black rats (called ‘Kaaba’) roam freely in this temple courtyard.
The biggest mystery is that despite thousands of rats roaming freely in the temple and devotees eating the prasad prepared by them, plague or any infectious disease has never spread here till date. The sight of a white rat in the temple is considered extremely auspicious, which is considered to be the actual form of Karni Mata herself.
2. Achaleshwar Mahadev Temple (Dholpur, Rajasthan): Shivalinga that changes three colors during the day.
Achaleshwar Mahadev Temple, located near Dholpur on the border of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, is one of the most unique shrines of Lord Shiva. The ancient Shivalinga installed in this temple changes its color thrice a day.
In the morning this Shivalinga appears red in colour, in the afternoon its color becomes saffron and by evening it changes to dark dusky or wheatish colour. Geologists conducted many researches on the structure of stones and the refraction of sun rays, but no concrete scientific conclusion could be drawn regarding this color change. Apart from this, the lower end of Shivalinga is considered to be connected to the underworld, many attempts to measure the depth of which have failed till date.
3. Lepakshi Temple (Andhra Pradesh): Hanging Pillar
The 16th century Veerabhadra (Lepakshi) temple located in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh is world famous for its Vijayanagara architecture and mysterious ‘Hanging Pillars’.
There are a total of 70 giant carved stone pillars in the temple complex, one of which does not touch the ground at all and hangs completely in the air. During the British rule, an engineer tried to shake this pillar to understand its mystery, due to which the entire temple structure started shaking. It is believed that removing a cloth from under this pillar brings happiness and prosperity to the house.
4. Jagannath Puri Temple (Odisha): Flag waving against the wind and silent sea
Jagannath Temple of Odisha, one of the Char Dham, is considered to be a mine of miracles. The flag (Patit Pavan) on the peak of this temple always waves against the direction of the wind.
Apart from this, the 20 feet high and several tonnes heavy ‘Sudarshan Chakra’ situated on the top of the temple is always seen facing towards you when viewed from any corner of the city. As soon as you step inside the lion gate of the temple, the sound of the huge ocean waves outside completely disappears, whereas as soon as you take a step outside, the roar starts to be heard again.
5. Kailash Temple (Ellora, Maharashtra): A monolithic stone wonder carved from top to bottom
The Kailash Temple built in Cave No. 16 of Ellora, located in Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), Maharashtra, is an example of the most complex and mysterious architecture in human history. This entire two-storey huge temple has been built not from the bottom up, but by cutting a single giant solid mountain from top to bottom (Top-to-Bottom Carving).
According to archaeologists, about 2 to 4 lakh tons of stone was cut to build it. Building such a precisely proportioned temple in the 8th century without any modern cranes, laser technology or computer modeling is considered almost impossible even in today’s modern engineering era.