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In the 1100-year-old temple of Tirupperunturai, a baffling technology is used in the construction. Apparently rafters, rods and nails all made of granite were assembled in the ceiling. This ancient technology is so futuristic, it appears impossible. Did Ancient Builders use Batten Roof Technology using granite, more than a thousand years ago? Facebook.............. Whatsapp :// Instagram................ Twitter...................... Email id - @ This is my Patreon account if you like to support me - 0:00 - Advanced Engineering 1:00 - Unexpected Twist 2:21 - 1000-Year-Old Batten Roof 3:29 - British Mark 4:52 - Impossible to Re create 6:00 - Difficult to Imagine 7:05 - This is my Idea 8:16 - Twisted Granite Rods 9:12 - Another World Wonder 10:00 - Conclusion Hey guys, imagine walking into a 1000-year-old temple and you see a ceiling that is using 5 types of wooden rods. Some are cylindrical, some have 4 facets, some have 6 facets, some even have 10 facets. And you see giant wooden rafters and planks making up the ceiling. These wooden rods are inserted through these planks, and for reinforcement, you can also see these twisted reinforced metal rod inserted for additional support. On top of this, all these are fastened together with metal bolts and nails. You would wonder, how ancient builders did such advanced engineering more than a 1000 years ago, right? But, what if I told you that none of these are made of wood or metal. These rods, the planks, the twisted bar and even the nails were individually made of granite and then assembled. Yes, this is what we see in the ancient temple of Tirupperunturai, which is 1100 years old. Mainstream experts say that each rod you see is made of out of granite, this twisted rod reminds you of modern metal reinforcing bars, right? But ancient builders made twisted granite bars, made holes through these granite planks, and inserted the rod and then put granite nails, for a tight fastening. Imagine inserting 5 more different types of granite rods, cylindrical, cuboid, 6 faceted, 8 faceted and even10 faceted granite rods and putting granite nails in place. This technology is so futuristic, we do not have such stone technology even today. Today, engineers use wood to create something similar and they call it batten roofing. The idea is the same, they use wooden rafters etc, and put metal nails to fasten everything together. People think the batten roofing was introduced in 1950s, less than 100 years ago, but we can see the batten roof in this temple, which is more than 1000 years old. But this is unbelievable, right? How could the “primitive” ancient builders make such batten roofing using granite, which is one of the hardest rocks in the world? Is it really made of granite, or is everything made of clay or terracotta, and sculptors merely moulded it to look like granite? There is a very good chance that sculptors took clay and made them into these complex patterns and baked them to look batten like roofing, right? But it is not just you or me who is in disbelief, the British officers stationed here during colonial times, also did not believe that it is made of granite. It is said that a British officer finally got tired of hearing this nonsense of advanced ancient technology and decided to debunk it. So, he took a rifle and fired a shot at the roof, expecting the clay roof to shatter into a million pieces. And he was shocked because the bullet simply made a hole, and the rest of it was just intact. Stunned, he shot again, and again just another hole in the roof. Forget shattering, not even a crack was formed around the bullet hole, so, he finally had to accept that yes, everything is made of granite. In fact, there is a plaque inside the temple, written in Tamil language, which proudly says the British shot through the ceiling to check if it was really made of granite, because they could not believe such a structure could be made out of rocks. But what do westerners know about Ancient Indian Stone Technology right? If we ask the traditional Indian sculptors, they could explain how their ancestors did this in the past, right? No, I came across something very interesting. The traditional Indian builders accept that this is a lost-technology that cannot be re-created. So even today, every time they are hired to build a new temple, in the building contract, they include a specific clause that mentions that they cannot build a ceiling like the Tirupperunturai temple. And this is clause was not added in the last few decades, it is said that this clause has been there for many centuries, it is part of the tradition itself. So you can understand that it is impossible to re-create such a structure. #AncientTechnology #PraveenMohan #hinduism
