Kedarnath Temple Is An Architectural Marvel
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There is much talk about who built the Kedarnath temple. Even from Pandavas to Adi Shankaracharya.
* Today's science estimates that the Kedarnath temple was probably built in the 8th century, which means the temple has existed for at least 1200 years.
The place Kedarnath is in is very hostile even in the 21st century.
22,000 feet high Kedarnath hill on one side, 21,600 feet high Karachkund on the other side and 22,700 feet high Bharatkund on the third side.
These three hills are traversed by the Mandakini, Madhuganga, Chirganga, Saraswati, and Swarandari rivers. Some of these words are also written in Puranas.
This area is the only kingdom of "Mandakini River". It is beyond imagination how difficult it can be to create a work of art in a place with heavy snowfall during winter days and torrential water flow during monsoons.
Even today, you cannot drive where the "Kedarnath Temple" stands.
Why was it built in such a place?
How a temple could be built more than 1000 years ago under such unfavorable conditions, we all should think at least once.
Scientists speculate that if the temple had existed on Earth in the 10th century, it would have been during a minor "ice age".
The Wadia Institute of Geology, Dehradun, conducted an experiment on lignomatic dating on the Kedarnath temple stones. This is done to determine the "age of the rock." Tests have shown that the temple was completely covered in ice from the 14th century to the mid-17th century. However, there was no damage to the construction of the temple.
Everyone must have seen the disastrous floods that hit Kedarnath in 2013. During this period, rainfall was 375% above average. The subsequent floods killed "5748 people" (official figures) and damaged 4200 villages. The Indian Air Force has airlifted more than 1 lakh 10 thousand people. Everything was washed away but the whole structure of Kedarnath Temple was not damaged even in such a terrible flood.
According to the Archaeological Society of India, 99 percent of the temple is completely safe after the flood.
"IIT Madras" conducted "NDT test" on the temple to study the extent of damage to the construction during the 2013 flood and its current condition and found that the temple is completely safe and sound.
This temple is managed by two different institutions. How could the experts declare this temple as the best example of architectural art if it did not pass a very serious scientific test ?
After 1200 years, where everything in that area was carried away by the raging river, not a single structure stood. But this temple stands there and not only stands, it is always a mighty feat of art.
It is believed that there is some strange force behind the method and the choice of place in which this temple was built. Science today says that the temple was able to survive this flood because of the stones and structures used in the construction of the temple.
Kedarnath Temple is built as "North-South".
Although almost all temples in India are 'East-West'.
According to experts, if the temple was "East-West", it would have been destroyed already. Or at least it would have been destroyed by the 2013 flood.
But Kedarnath temple survives because of this direction.
Another thing is that the stone used in it is very hard and durable. The special thing is that the stone used in the construction of this temple is not found there.
So imagine how the stone was transported there. At that time, there was no machinery to carry such large stones. The characteristic of this rock is that there is no change in its "characteristics" after 400 years of being under ice.
So the temple has maintained its strength in the cycle of nature. These solid stones of the temple are joined together by "Ashler" method without using any cement.
Hence the strength of the temple is impenetrable without any effect of temperature change on the stone joint.
In 2013, a large rock miraculously got stuck behind the temple and split the torrent of water into two sides, protecting the temple and the people sheltering in the temple, who were airlifted the next day by the Indian Air Force. It must be the contribution of some unknown force.
But there is no doubt that the site, its orientation, the same construction materials and even the nature were carefully considered for the construction of the temple which will preserve its culture and energy for 1200 years.
After the sinking of the Titanic, Westerners realized how "NDT tests" and "temperatures" can turn all ideas around.
But what we think and do now was done 1200 years ago.
Kedarnath is the same shining example.
Some months of rain, some months of snow, and some years of snow still cover the ground properly at 12,000 feet above sea level.
We are in awe of the sheer amount of science that went into creating the 6-foot high platform.
Today, after all the floods, we once again bow before the construction of Kedarnath by those scientists who will have the honor of being the highest of the 12 Jyotirlingas with the same grandeur.
This is a sign of how advanced Vedic Hindu religion and culture was. At that time, our rishis, i.e. scientists, acquired extraordinary knowledge and applied science in architecture, meteorology, space science, Ayurveda.
