How does the Hanging Pillar of India work? Anti-gravity? Levitation?

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0:00 - Mystery of hanging Pillar
0:44 - Fascinating Carvings
1:10 - Disconnected from floor
1:43 - How does it work?
3:31 - Conclusion

Hey guys, I am at Lepakshi temple in India, and I am gonna show you not just the mystery of the hanging pillar, but also show you exactly how it works. In this temple, you can see many people doing the same thing: Put a piece of cloth underneath and slide it around the other side, proving that the pillar is disconnected from the floor. This is considered one of the wonders of India, how did ancient people construct a huge pillar that defies gravity and is hanging in mid air?

These kind of mysteries always interest me, so I decided to visit the temple. Right from the start, I am fascinated by the carvings in this temple, like this cow for example, which shows multiple postures in the same sculpture. But that’s another video, so I end up at this hanging pillar which attracts thousands of tourists every day.

As you can see this is a huge block of granite around 20 feet tall, with brilliant carvings. Now, I just have to prove it to you that this pillar is disconnected from the floor. So, I ask this elderly couple who have come with a towel. Watch how they slide the towel on one side, and it goes all the way on the other side. This shows that ancient technology employed anti-gravity and levitation, because there is no way a 20 foot granite block which weighs many tons can hang in mid-air.

So, how does it actually work, and attract thousands of visitors every day? It works, because nobody is showing you the rest of the footage. We have dozens of videos of the this hanging pillar on YouTube, but nobody shows you what happens next: Here is what happens.

You can slide a piece of cloth through one end, but you cannot pull it out on the other end. If the pillar is completely disconnected from the floor, we should be able to pull the cloth on the other side. However, the cloth I slide is gonna get stuck in one of the corners. The pillar is not really hanging in mid air, because one of its corners is clearly resting on the floor, which is how it still stands. If you examine it closely, you can visually confirm this. The pillar does not employ anti-gravity or levitation.

So, did the ancient people create an imperfect pillar? Well it turns out that the British Government decided to do some repairs during pre-independence era, and attempted to remove the pillar. But they couldn’t, because it was fixed so perfectly, they could only dislodge it. They realized that removing this pillar is impossible, so they left it in this weird position. That is the true story behind this dislodged pillar. However, there is a bigger mystery in this temple, that needs to be decoded. Did Giants leave a footprint in this temple?

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[RealPraveenMohan]

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[ChandraShekar-whhg]

I am proud of our own sculptures.... Hindustan is temple for this Earth...

[FranciscoSantoscreatives]

Dude, post more fascinating video! I love your ancient culture man

[Travel_with_usever]

Thanks for not spreading hoax and telling the truth...

[sambha]

one of the British engineer wanted to check how it was levitating. He hit the pillar using a big hammer that caused pillar dislocation, that was reason to touch the ground. You have done amazing job brother i watch every video of yours, only few people want to know about our ancient history, I really appreciate your interest..

[prafullarjeria]

Before 1910 the pillar was totally disconnected from the floor but some british guy named Hamilton tried to rectify this and that resulted in part of the pillar touching the ground and damage to the roof so he stopped.

[gunnarberchner]

Greetings from Germany! I love your videos! Keep up the good work!

[shanepesanka]

Mohan! I am a tour guide in New Orleans, and I just wanted to ask... Have you ever given any tours??? I feel you would make an excellent guide! I myself would love to give tours in India about any one of their ancient temples!

[anderskarlsson]

Why are there so many who do not see the whole video?
The pillar does not hang in the air, it is connected to the ground

[rajeshkoppa]

Another one aslo in beluru, halebedu in Karnataka ..you. Should visit Badami, ihole, pattadakallu, Yana, sirsi, and sharvanabelagola you will see mysterious and marvelous architecture...

[gagandadheech]

There is one more such pillar at the temple of Godess Dadhimati, at village Goth-Manglod, near Jayal in Rajasthan India.

[dr.rajasaurusandunclebonec]

This is the quality of a true genius!
Sir Praveen Mohan examines and explains everything in a complete neutral and scientific point of view! Others would just say ancient people used supernatural forces to look cool, but Sir Praveen shows the logic of scientific technology used, thus he actually is educating People properly!
Thank you praveen sir!

[timothyclark]

I believe that this pillar was intentionally engineered the way it is as a safeguard against damage from earthquakes. The illustrations on the pillar even show the nature of how things change depending on how you look them.

[alexlee]

2:51 Government decided to do some repairs??? WTH? Or take it to British Museum, lol

[eda]

Sir,
There is no levitation nor any anti gravity involved in this particular column. The lime mortar became weak and peeled out from the base. But the column at the top is fixed in the grid and hence hanging. This because this particular column is not load bearing. Simple Civil Engineering analysis.

[WhiteTiger]

The height of engineering skills that was prevalent in the ancient India is astounding. No wonders the Islamic invaders in donkeys and horses and later Christian invaders from UK came to confiscate and plunder the wealth and knowledge of ancient India. The temples were built by great Kings of India for health and spiritual wellness. It was less to do with god and more to do with cosmology and living in harmony with nature. As a Civil Engineer myself, if you look at Vastu Shastra, one is amazed by the amount of precision and machinery that was used during Vedic period to built such Giant Temples and palaces. Everything was for one's wellness and peace. Fascinating! India is, was and will always be a source of knowledge to the world. Thanks for your video my friend.

[sreakz]

actually I heard that a British engineer tried to realign the pillar in a way it gets in contact with the floor but ended up causing some damages to the structure and stopped the work. Just try to research more about it and come up with more information about this pillar. I'm expecting a new video about this structure as it involves ancient engineering.

[dOVERanalyst]

British wanted to do some "repairs"
Tried to remove pillar.

(To take on their backs like the Kohinoor they looted.)

Yeah yeah repairs. 🤣🤣🤣

[gazanferoliahmed]

In karnataka beluru temple have same type piller out side of temple. It's not hanging. It's in open place.
But if u see in bottom carefully it will rest in one corner.

[RSKViewsVlogs]

hi Praveen, this pillar is just a flaw or some mistake, or it can be due to the effect of some natural disaster. I dont see meaning in making a hanging pillar, pillar is to support the structure and make no sense to have it hanging!