Not On The Map? An Abandoned Ancient Temple Reveals Its Secrets

How to Decode An Abandoned 1000 Year Old Temple? How to Dig like an archeologist For Information in an Abandoned Ancient Temple? How To Decode An Ancient Temple Like Indiana Jones? Is This The Oldest Surviving Brick Temple?

0:00 - Introduction
1:06 - Mystical Monolithic Statue
2:49 - A Weird Creature & Poor Renovations
4:15 - Carvings & Interesting Stories Behind
6:26 - Ramayana Carvings
8:04 - HIDDEN Inscriptions DISCOVERED!!
9:56 - ORIGINAL Name of the Temple
13:22 - Brick Tower – The Main Structure
15:12 - OCTAGONAL Top
16:52 - Main statue DISAPPEARED!!
19:00 - DECODING from the Ruins
22:30 - Conclusion

Hey guys, today, I am in search of an ancient Hindu temple, and this is supposed to be at least a thousand years old. Let’s go take a look and see what we can find.
Some people have claimed there is an abandoned temple in the village of Kothamangalam, but the beauty is that this village is not even on google maps, the closest village on maps is Kattur, and I have to physically explore this area to find the temple.
Oh there… You can see a giant Vishnu statue. And there you can see the ruined temple. This is the ancient temple we were looking for. Let me remove my shoes, and then we can start finding out what is there.
Let’s take a look at this Vishnu, guys. So, here you can see this gigantic Vishnu guys. It will be... I would say it is about 5 or 6 feet long. Now the question is... is this really Vishnu? Or is this some other God? How did I identify this as Vishnu? Now the obvious symbol is this... And this is called Naamam in Tamil, and you can say that this is a new Naamam they have put on the carving. But you can see other details as well. Now, for example, here you can see the conch, or the Shanku as they call it. And this is a clear symbol of Lord Vishnu. It is a classic symbol, it is called a Shyana Vishnu or PalliKonda Perumal, where he is putting one hand like this and sleeping and he is wearing a sacred thread and he is wearing ornaments, and he is also wearing giant ear studs. Fully loaded with his crown or helmet, so we know that this is Vishnu. Usually, Vishnu will have his wife or consort called Lakshmi by his feet, but that is missing, but this is clearly Vishnu. And what else can we find here?
This is a monolithic statue, meaning it is made of one stone, and you can see the depth here, showing the thickness of Vishnu’s feet, to make it look realistic. It is remarkable. Look at his face, he looks quite life-like and has a mysterious smile.
There is a tall brick tower, but before that you can see another structure that has been made completely with granite. Let us go closer to this, right away, I am greeted by this short, fat creature blowing a conch. Who is he? He has a very fancy hairdo, but due to neglect, everything is completely eroded. And he is not only wearing large earrings, he is even wearing a belt like thing on his belly.
Immediately I can see some renovation attempts by inferior civilizations, you can see the cylindrical pillar on the left supported by a separate rectangular block at the bottom, while the pillar on the right has a separate small cylindrical block at the top, adjusted for height. You may think this is an engineering blunder by ancient builders, but, if you look carefully, you can see everything else is of one color and the color of the right-side pillar is different. This was a poor renovation attempt done a few centuries ago, that’s why it looks weird, but thankfully, these carvings are original.

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[MRocoremmy]

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[katappa]

I am a sikh and watching this I cant describe how much this breaks my heart, such a great civilisation, probably the only civilisation which is focused on evolution instead of expansion, dying like this, have we no heart? No respect for the sweat of our ansestors? we ourselves are destroying that which belong to us and that which took 1000s of years to build

[timmazumdar]

Raja Raja Chola is arguably one of the well studied South Indian monarchs. Praveen this is an excellent job you have performed.

[ramsanjeevgowda]

When most of Tamililians are indulge in conversion. This legend from Tamilnadu bringing the awareness on our ancient Hindu 🙏🙏🙏

[darrenwoolley]

Such a wealth of archaeological information is India... from the lazerlike cuts of the caves around Elora, and many other such known sites, but I'm tipping there's soooo much more than we have the time to uncover!!

[ceilconstante]

What a blessing Praveen is! Only a Hindu could she'd light on the meanings of the statues, carvings, deities, structures and writing found in these places. Like the story about the footprint and the ancient Tamil writing.

[roshanchristian]

Praveen, i belong to Gujarat and i've been watching your videos since a long time. I really appreciate your efforts exploring the interior most and remote historical structures. The information you provide is always interesting. I haven't travelled much but I am sure I couldn't have seen so many places. Your videos have helped me virtually travel to so many interesting places. Your video on Ellora Caves was too good. I still wonder what lies underneath. Looking forward to many more videos... Thanks a lot. All the best...

[utubesanjay]

Totally blown away with your analytical skills. Of course the intentional cutting off of the head also narrows down the identity of the people who destroyed the temple.

[lll]

Just want to say thank you Praveen and never ever stop your work and showering us with ancient knowledge

[dirtydozen]

Such a rich culture! More recorded intact knowledge than any other....history, spirituality, that earth humans are not alone. Thank you so much 🤗

[frankbrake]

It's nice to know there is people like you. That are not selfish, and not scared to share knowledge about his culture.

[darlahenri]

So sad that the country is not protecting these historical treasures. Not that any other country has done any better. Any laws or groups or funds often come far too late and then not enough. Good for you taking pictures and recording. Thank you.

[blorac]

WOW, very interesting! Thank you for taking the chance! I hate that this temple was disturbed, it angers me! We are truly blessed with your inquisitive nature!

[typhoon]

Thankyou for showing us our own country, our own deities, our own temples, our own history with new perspective.

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[Ricca_Day]

Growing up in Alabama, USA, the Mississippian Mound Builders were everywhere around the State’s main Rivers, just like the ones going all the way up from the Gulf of Mexico to the Ohio River. So little had been excavated and far too much destroyed over the last 1000 years to get more than a glimpse of what that civilization was like, but it’s pretty clear that there was trade from S. America up and N. America down the waterways.
It’s fascinating to see how similar the ruins are in some ways, but how much better preserved there in India. It’s not all the result of Western European influx, though, because much of the evidence has just been consumed back by Mother Nature.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and traditions with all of us, Praveen. You are an excellent guide and instructor!
Blessings!🌺

[daveb]

Thank you for showing a few of your techniques in decoding these ancient sites. The information that they share is priceless.
A lot of work went into making this fascinating place of worship, the least we can do is respect and acknowledge what we find.
You are doing good work here, thank you.