The Temple of Madness, aka Kudumiyanmalai Temple gets no visitors despite having some of the best carvings and architecture. Was it built by a bunch of madmen with no rhyme or reason? Or were the ancient builders simply too advanced for us? In this video, let us get inside the mind of the ancient sculptors and decode the carvings.
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0:00 - The Unsolved Puzzle
0:32 - Identical Twin Carvings
1:22 - Disconnected Carvings?
3:27 - Hidden Meanings
5:58 - Zig Zag Carvings
8:29 - Darwin’s Evolution
9:31 - Warrior of Fire
11:02 - Skull Trophies
12:16 - Ape Brothers
13:07 - (Cosmic) Dance Competition
15:32 - Puzzle Decoded
16:25 - Conclusion
Hey guys, today we are going to look at an ancient temple called Shikanathar Temple, located in a remote village called Kudumiyanmalai. This temple is referred to as The Unsolved Puzzle by experts, because of its completely unexplainable, and unrelated carvings. Today, I am going to try to solve this puzzle and I want you to join me in understanding what the ancient builders were doing.
Some have claimed that this temple is showing twin carvings. For example, there are 2 apes who are identical placed opposite to one other. There are 2 identical warriors placed in front of one another. You can see 2 Beauties in the same way, and see many other carvings the same way. However, the theory that this temple is made of a bunch of twin carvings is also not accepted because in other places, there are non-identical carvings, you can see carvings like these opposite to one another, and they are not identical carvings and they don’t even look similar.
If we look at the carvings side by side, it gets even more confusing. For example, when we enter this 100 pillar hall, on the right side, you can see this beautiful six-headed God, called Karthikeya sitting on a peacock. But right next to that, you can see Narasimha, a lion headed deity killing a demon. There is no connection at all between the first carving and the second carving. And if you look on the left side, you can see the a similar problem, here is the elephant God Ganesha and right next to him, you can see this fantastic carving of a 10 headed figure called Ravana. And these figures are not connected, at least most people think that way. And you can go on and on, for example there is no connection between Ravana and this female deity. So, this random array of completely disconnected Gods, is never seen in any Hindu temple. Not just in ancient temples, even when they build new temples today, they still follow a pattern of connectivity between adjacent carvings. I mean, you should be able to see them, like you see the consecutive scenes of a movie. They don’t just throw a bunch of carvings here and there, there has to be a rhyme and reason. And because of this complete disconnect in this temple, experts and even pilgrims just don’t come here, I mean it is human tendency to ignore things you don’t understand. Even worse, some people have dismissed these carvings as the work of pure madness.
But it is not the fault of ancient builders, it is our fault because we are not looking carefully, and we are simply, not as smart as them. But let’s try to get into the mind of the architect, let’s experiment. If you enter this part of the temple, let’s say the first deity you look at, is this one, the elephant God Ganesha. But then you are supposed to look on the opposite side, this is his brother, this God on the peacock is the brother of Ganesha. This is the connectivity, this is how the carvings are arranged opposite to one another. I am sure some experts have noticed this pattern, but when they looked at these 2 carvings, may be they dismissed this theory. Here, you can see the 10 headed Demon called Ravana and on the opposite side, we can see the Lion Headed God, an avatar of Lord Vishnu. What is the connection between them? Most experts haven’t read all the ancient Indian texts, so they cannot see any connection between the two carvings. They are comparing a Demon to an avatar of God Vishnu. Who is the most powerful between the two? And more importantly, is there a connection between the two?
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