Similarity between Ancient pyramid (around 3000 B.C.) and Thanjai Rajarajeeswaram architecture (around 1000A.D.).
During our last trip to Thanjai on Sep'05, most of us able to see / experience the architecture of Thanjai Rajarajeeswaram temple vimanam(kopuram) is covered. Layers of stone, with a specific gap towards the centre.
Today I was watching NGC, Asia, They are showing a programme about pyramid. Who has constructed the pyramid for the king and etc. When it come to arch and how it is closed, both the architecture looks like similar. Almost the same structure and I was bowled out by the similarity.
How is it possible to have the same architecture after 4500 yrs accross the zone.. wow
if you want to compare the big temple and the pyramids there is a lot more
the largest pyramid in the world is in mexico.( not egypt) and its height is 217 ft -almost exactly same as the big temple to the inches and guess what its name is.......... CHOLULA
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Hi; This seems a very interesting subject or atleast one in which i can understand whats going on. Does anybody what the word "Cholula" means in Egyptian? What does the word Chola mean in Tamizh?
Hi MrVenketesh; It was fascinating. Regarding both architectures being the same i feel it is a case of 2 architects working separately on the same problem ending up with a similar solution. This is a common occurence. Would love to be contradicted on this.
cholula and big temple there are not many similarities other than the name and the height
that is a step pyramid which now looks like a hill.
and spanish have put a church atop now.
the base is much broader and hence it has the maximum volume of any monument in the world. and it was built over nearly 10 centuries.
however in neigbouring guatemala -bonampak there is a pyramid with a coridoor and a set of wall frescoes. reminded me of the big temple. shall post a link in the group.
I dont think there is any reason to believe that cholula has any linkages with cholas except for the english spelling ofcourse and the common mistake of identifying native americans with indians..
I did find some articles on the net(dont have the urls now) which were explaining how the native american tribes' art looks similar to the indian arts in terms of motifs colors, patterns, similarities but there has been no scientific proof to link asian indians with native american civilizations.
But one thing, that you should admit is that Cholula pyramid(will provide linkages as soon as I am able to locate it) is built entirely on Vastu principles.. (hehee) now I can feel many people warming up to this idea of being indian driven.
As far as the pyramid structure goes, one plausible explanation is that it being the most safest structure in terms very good load balancing and dispersing mechanism, that it was the default style of constructing large buildings which required to last a couple of milleniums, across continents.
Hi nanda there is another mesopotamian pyramid ( now in iran) called choga.
i too am sceptical on the linkages between these structures. but there are others who dont think so. very well endowed people like Joseph Campbell who was an American professor, writer, and orator best known for his work in the fields of comparative mythology and comparative religion. George Lucas was the first Hollywood filmmaker to openly credit Campbell's influence. He stated during the release of the first Star Wars films during the late 1970s that they were based upon ideas found in The Hero With a Thousand Faces and other works of Campbell.
Joseph Campbell in his Masks of God books says that there is archaelogical evidence supporting a direct link between Mesopotamian ziggurats and the pyramids of Egypt. Campbell also states that from Egypt, the Mesopotamian culture was passed on almost simultaneously on reached China and from there it crossed the ocean to the pre-columbian societies of Central and South America, which could explain the similarities between ziggurats and Mayan pyramids.
Here is the link on how the Mayan/Inca structures measure and confirm well to vaastu philosophy of India.. this link is dated to 1995..If there is someone in Thiruvanmiyur, it would be a good idea to visit Mr.Ganapath Sthapathi mentioned in this article at this address, just to verify the authenticity and to receive any other information he may have.
Vastu Vedic Research Foundation, Plot A-1, H.I.G. Colony, 1st Main Road (New Beach Road), Thiruvalluvar Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Madras 600 041, India.