The religion Hinduism was absolutely the religion of the world, it might be shocking but excavations in various parts of the world give us strong support to the claim.
Historians and indologists say that there was no idolatry in the early vedic period and this practice emerged from later vedic period. But the archaeological findings of recent times shows how powerful and marvelous the hindu religion or belief. Let us come across the supporting stories.
1. Ancient civilizations of Europe, africa and Asia had connection with the Hindu temples and deities
The Vatican city is well known for Christianity, but some argues that the word Christianity came from Sanskrit words “Krishna-neeti”, (the way of Krishna) the vatican came from vatika of sanskrit(e.g. yagna vatika, smashana vatika)and the architecture and holy place structure is much closer to the shiv linga (phallic shaped idol of lord shiva). This can be observed from the following images of the Vatican city.
The above depicted pictures clearly conceptualize us the shape and structure with Vatican city. And Such discoveries and root words prove that the Vatican was a Hindu (Vedic) religious center before its incumbent was forced to accept Christianity from 1st century AD. Also, according to some unauthorized reports, a Shiva linga was found during the excavation and is kept for display at a Museum in Rome.
2.Cambodia and Indonesia were strong centres of Hinduism
The world’s largest hindu temple can be seen at Angkor Wat of Siem Reap town, near the large lake Tonle Sap. Siem Reap is the heart of the country.
With out the local people and kingdom support it would not be constructed over there.
And the biggest ancient Hindu temple ever found on the Indonesian island, archaeologists said. The workers were digging a drain in the island’s capital Denpasar at a Hindu study centre when they came across the remains of the stone temple. They reported the discovery to the Bali archaeology office, which then unearthed substantial foundations of a structure that the excavation team believes dates from around the 13th to 15th centuries.
The ruins of an ancient building discovered at the Indonesian Islamic University in Yogyakarta have been confirmed as a temple to worship the Hindu gods Shiva and Ganesha. Linga, the symbol for the worship of Shiva, and yoni, a Sanskrit symbol for divine passage or place of birth, were found in the area. These reports connote the impact and presence of Hinduism on these nations.
3.Lord hanuman, the monkey god had devotees every where:
Lord Hanuman, one of the prominent figures of the Ramayana who helped lord Rama to reach his only wife Sita devi. This monkey god temple and idols were found in La Ciudad Blanca, Spanish for ‘The White City’ is a legendary settlement said to be located in the Mosquitia region of eastern Honduras in Central America. Researcher Charles Lindberg, during one of his flights over the jungles of Mosquitia in Hondurus, claimed caught a glimpse of what he thought was the ‘Lost City of the Monkey God‘ where, legend says that local people worshipped huge ‘Monkey Sculptures‘.
Lord Vishnu in Russian Region
The idol found in Staraya (old) Maina village dates back to VII-X century AD. Staraya Maina village in Ulyanovsk region was a highly populated city 1700 years ago, much older than Kiev, so far believed to be the mother of all Russian cities.
In Staraya Maina for last seven years, Dr Kozhevin, is conducting excavations. He said that every single square metre of the surroundings of the ancient town situated on the banks of Samara, a tributary of Volga, is having antiques. Prior to unearthing of the Vishnu idol, Dr Kozhevin has already found ancient coins, pendants, rings and fragments of weapons. He expressed “We may consider it incredible, but we have ground to assert that Middle-Volga region was the original land of Ancient Rus. This is a hypothesis, but a hypothesis, which requires thorough research,”
China:
Citrakhanda-type pillars in the back hall of Tianhou Gong Temple, Quanzhou
Quanzhou city and its surrounding area consist of shrines or temples that according to historians are part network of number of Hindu shrines and temple. situated in southeastern part of China. The inscription of bilingual Tamil and Chinese-language has been associated with the remains of a Shiva temple of Quanzhou. Shiva temple is one of the two south Indian-style Hindu temples.
Every morning the local residents of the village pray, they light incense sticks and chant prayers unlike any deity one might find elsewhere in China. The Hindu temple in the village collapsed 500 years ago but as local residents had belief that they still carry, goddess brought them good fortune, they dug through the ruins, saved the deity and rebuilt the temple.
At last we can conclude the story srongly that idolatry and hindu prayer practicing how ancient and old with the siva linga structure.
AW: Kannamsai
