15000+ வருடம் பழமை வாய்ந்த சிவலிங்கம் சிலை - 15000+ Years Old Siva Lingam Statue - 200th Video - Travel Vlog

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15000+ வருடம் பழமை வாய்ந்த சிவலிங்கம் சிலை - 15000+ Years Old Siva Lingam Statue - 200th Video - Travel Vlog

Temple Location where the Statue is kept ; https://www.google.lk/maps/place/Rathneswaram+Sivan+Kovil/@6.6792549,80.4055491,19.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3ae3bf0b0f14eadb:0x9b0868f97e85b667!8m2!3d6.6792039!4d80.4068246

Over a conversation with Mr.Mahesh of Mahesh Gems, he told me that three years back they found a lingam structured stone that was discovered while mining for Gemstones. so I met Mr.Arunachalam the temples ex-president where the statue is presently kept, and had a discussion with him.

And so an idea for my 200th video was born.

It so happened in the village of karapincha, 7 km from Rathnapura in Sri Lanka, the men while mining for gemstones happen to find this statue at 60 feet depth.
They brought the statue to the surface by using bocklin trucks. When Mr.Arunachalam heard of this, he went to the spot with the temple priest and they knew it was a lingam. They made arrangements for it to be taken to the temple at Ratnapura.

Mr.Arunachalam says since gemstones were found above and below the statue, the statue should be more than 15000 years old since a gemstone takes as many years to be formed. He also says that this has to be a lingam statue because there is a round base carved out of the same stone so that the statue can be placed firmly anywhere.

For now, the statue is placed outside the temple and a place for it is yet to be decided.
Few other Gem entrepreneurs suggest that gemstones take more than 15000 years to form and so the statue has to be very much older than that. And for the gemstone to get its colour it takes a hundred thousand (lakhs) of years
So the age of this Siva Lingam statue and its period remains a mystery !!