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We are in Ellora caves in India and I am going to show you a Vimana, which is an ancient flying device. You are in for a big surprise because it is completely different from what we think it is. By the end of this video, I hope you will come to a logical conclusion if such a flying device could have ever been used in the past.

What is special about this 1200 year old carving? It shows a scene from the Hindu epic Ramayana where Ravana, who was the King of Sri Lanka, is shown as flying in the air. According to the scripture, he uses a flying object called "Pushpaka Vimana". During this flight, he was attacked by a bird called Jatayu, which is also shown in the carving. There is no guess work involved here, because it is all documented in the Hindu epic Ramayana.

Now, let us take a closer look at how this flying device looks. Instead of an aircraft like machine, it is shown as a much smaller device which is attached to Ravana's back. Surprisingly, this device looks very similar to a modern day jet pack. How detailed is this carving?

First, notice how firmly Ravana is fastened to the Vimana using plenty of straps. In his safety harness, there are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 straps. Remarkably, you can even see the main strap going from his waist and being securely hooked on to the Vimana. This is the exact same technique that we use today in a jetpack. If you are flying, you wouldn't want to lose the jetpack in mid-air, would you? You know what would happen if you did. It's just incredible that the so called primitive people carved these 6 straps, over 1200 years ago.

Now, there is also a circular object carved on this Vimana, that's very similar to a modern day propeller. You can even see the spinning blades of the propeller. Remember that this is a side view of a scene, which shows only one side of everything. This means that there could have been another propeller on the other side for balance. Again, notice the similarity with the modern day jetpack that uses two rotors on either side. Was this 1200 year old carving created based on an actual working Vimana? Why else would it be so similar to a working jetpack today?

Look at this part at the top of a modern day jetpack. It is called a safety roll bar, which is a gear stick like device used for safe landing. Now, look at the top of the Vimana, a very similar device that looks like a gear stick too. Is this all just a coincidence? Were these carvings done based on pure imagination, or did people carve what they really saw?

Speaking of creating what you see, let's take a look at how the Pushpaka Vimana is shown in modern day Indian movies and TV shows. You can see how our generation which is more used to commercial and private planes show it as a small aircraft with wings. This is because the directors create these scenes with machines that they are familiar with. Could this be true with this ancient carving as well? Did ancient people see human like figures flying with devices attached to their backs? Did they simply carve what they saw? I say human like figures because Ravana is defined as a "humanoid" with supernatural capabilities. Were these flying humanoids with complex machines, in fact extraterrestrials?

This 1200 year old Vimana has almost all the features including a fuel tank, but something very important is missing. For jetpacks or rocket belts to take off from the ground, you need at least two pipes facing downwards that will blow out heat to create a steam powered thrust. This is a crucial piece for a jetpack, so just hold on to that thought that this Vimana does not have that tube or pipe-like extension.

Now, you can see a carving of a horse as a part of the Vimana. There is no way it can be a real horse because it cannot be that much smaller than Ravana and Jatayu, and there is no reason why it would be attached to Ravana's back. Moreover, notice that this horse is carved facing the opposite direction of Ravana's flight. What's the secret behind this mysterious horse that makes no sense at all?

I am going to read a few lines from a Hindu scripture about this horse or mare that's called Vadavamukha. "This was a lifeless mare with a needle like mouth. It hissed like a snake, breathed fire and spit out hot smoke which blistered human skin". End of passage from the scripture. This must be the answer to the missing piece. This horse after all, is the mechanical device that pumped out the heat and steam needed for the jet pack to take off. Notice its mouth facing downwards and when it breathes fire or steam, the Vimana would be pushed up in the air.

HOW THE MILKY WAY GOT ITS NAME AND WHAT IT’S CALLED IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Today I found out why our galaxy is called the Milky Way and what it’s called in other languages.

No, it has nothing to do with the candy bar. Like many words we use today, the English name of our galaxy is derived from its Latin name: Via Lactea. Translated, that means “the road of milk.” The Romans actually got the name from the Greeks, who called our galaxy “galaxias kyklos” or “milky circle.” Incidentally, the Greek name is also where we get the term “galaxy.”

No one knows exactly who came up with the name, but it isn’t difficult to see how the name came about. From Earth, at least if you’re well outside the boundaries of city lights, our galaxy looks something like a band of milky light over a black background, as we are viewing it on it’s side and the billions of distant stars in our galaxy create a nice visible band of light.

As for why the ancient Greeks called it the “milky circle,” the myth goes that Zeus brought Heracles to Hera to suckle when she was sleeping. Hera was in conflict with the little infant, as you would be if your husband brought home a half-mortal child that wasn’t yours. As baby Heracles was having his meal, Hera woke up suddenly and pushed him away, resulting in a few drops of spilt milk. The drops created the galaxy that is now known as the Milky Way.

Various other languages have translations of “Milky Way” as the name of the galaxy, such as the German “Milchstrasse” and the Norwegian “Melkeveien.” There are, however, many other mythological origin stories that explain the various alternate names of the Milky Way in other languages.

In Finland, the Milky Way is called “Linnunrata,” or “path of the birds.” In Finnish Mythology, the world was formed from a waterfowl’s egg bursting. The sky was the shell of the egg, and the Earth as we know it was flat. At the edges of the Earth was “Lintukoto,” or the home of the birds. Lintukoto was a warm region where birds migrated during the winter. The band of light that the Greeks thought of as milk was, according to the Finns, the path that the birds took on their way to Lintukoto. Thus, it’s Linnunrata, “path of the birds.”

Armenia has a different idea about the Milky Way. There, it’s called hard goghi chanaparh, or “Straw Thief’s Way.” The story goes that the god Vahagn stole cartloads of straw Barsham, the Assyrian King, and took it to Armenia during a particularly cold winter. To get there, he fled across the Heavens and dropped some straw on the way, making the Milky Way.

Likewise, the Milky Way is called various forms of “straw way” in several other languages across Central Asia and Africa. It’s Ça Taxina Taça in Chechen, or “the route of scattered straw;” traditionally “kumova slama” or “Godfather’s Straw” in Croatian, though Milky Way is also used now in Croatia; and samanyolu or “road of straw” in Turkish. It’s likely that Arabs heard the story in Armenia first and spread the name to various other lands.

In many northern countries, the Milky Way is called the “Winter Way,” such as the Icelandic “vetrarbrautin,” the alternative Norwegian “vinterbrauta,” and the Swedish “vintergatan.” The reason for this is thought to be because, in the Northern Hemisphere, the Milky Way is more visible during the winter.

In much of East Asia, the galaxy is referred to as the “Silver River.” A Chinese legend says that once upon a time, there was a beautiful young maiden named the Goddess Weaver, the daughter of the Celestial Queen Mother. One day, a Buffalo Boy was tending his herd when he spied the Goddess Weaver bathing in a nearby lake. The two instantly fell in love, and were soon married and produced two children. But the Celestial Queen Mother grew jealous of their love and stole the Goddess Weaver away. When the Buffalo Boy pursued them, the Queen took out a pin and drew a silver river between them so that they would be separated forever. That silver river was the Milky Way. In Japan and Korea “silver river” means galaxies in general, not just the Milky Way.

In Spanish, the Milky Way is called a few different things. First, via lactea, or the Milky Way.Camino de Santiago means the “Road of Santiago” or “Road to Santiago,” and was used for the Milky Way because pilgrims used it to guide them to Santiago de Compostela, a holy site.Compostela is the third way to say the name of the galaxy, and this one is perhaps the most accurate of all the different names. It literally means “the field of stars.”

The Milky Way Over Tenerife
Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado (TWAN)

Explanation: Have you ever seen the band of our Milky Way Galaxy? Chances are you have never seen it like this — nor could you. In a clear sky from a dark location at the right time, a faint band of light is visible across the sky. This band is the disk of our spiral galaxy. Since we are inside this disk, the band appears to encircle the Earth. The above spectacular picture of the Milky Way arch, however, goes where the unaided eye cannot. The image is actually a deep digital fusion of nine photos that create a panorama fully 360 across. Taken recently in Teide National Park inTenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, the image includes the Teide volcano, visible near the image center, behind a volcanic landscape that includes many large rocks. Far behind these Earthly structures are many sky wonders that are visible to the unaided eye, such as the band of the Milky Way, the bright waxing Moon inside the arch, and the Pleiades open star cluster (can you find it?). The deep exposure also brings out many sky wonders normally beyond human perception, many of which are labelled on the annotated image version, including Barnard’s Loop, visible above as the half red ring below the Milky Way band.

Bonus Facts:

A popular festival in Japan is Tanabata, a star festival. The festival has its origins in the “Silver River” myth. On the seventh day of the seventh month each year, the Goddess Weaver and the Buffalo Boy are allowed to meet for just one day. The people celebrate with a day off work or school, and they write wishes on pieces of paper which are then hung from trees. In some cities, people light lanterns to float in nearby rivers. It’s likely that the celebration got its start in China some 2000 years ago before it migrated to Japan, where it really kicked off.
The Milky Way is thought to contain over 100 billion stars, and could contain up to 400 billion. It’s about 100,000 light years across.
Along with orbiting around the Sun at 66,600 mph, the Earth is also rotating at its axis at about 1,070 miles per hour. So you are simultaneously hurtling around the sun at 66,600 mph while sitting on a rock that is spinning at 1,070 mph. On top of that, our whole solar system is rocketing through space around the center of the Milky Way at around 559,234 mph. On top of that, our galaxy is hurtling through space at around 671,080 mph, with respect to our local group of galaxies. On top of that, for all we know, our entire Universe is hurtling through some unknown medium at some other ridiculous speed.
The most common star in our galaxy is the red dwarf, which is about 1/10 the mass of the sun. Around half the stars are older than the sun, which needs some 4.5 billion candles on its next birthday cake.

Source gizmodo.com

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