South Africa, over 200-million-year-old
Most people are familiar with Lord Hanuman, the great devotee of Lord Rama mentioned in the Ramayana, but not everyone is aware that there are still physical traces of his ancient presence on earth in the form of his giant footprints left on solid stone where he landed. Such giant footprints have been found throughout the world, some of which are hundreds of millions of years old showing Hanuman’s presence on earth in different countries throughout the world. Some of them are hundreds and millions of years old, reported Jahnav Nitai Das on 13.03.18.
These giant footprints reveal the presence of super powerful beings on the earth in ancient times. In our Hindu scriptures countless references are found to powerful beings in previous ages. Besides the presence of Devas (Demigods) visiting the earth, there were many other higher species of humans such as the Yakshas, Rakshashas, Vanaras, and Gandharvas.
Their descriptions are found in Puranas showing that they were often gigantic in size, flying in celestial airplanes that could travel from planet to planet, and wielding powerful weapons that were more effulgent than the sun.
Father of atomic bomb J.R. Oppenheimer, after the first successful test, had quoted Bhagavad Gita to describe the weapon he had invented. He once hinted at the possibility of weapons at par with nuclear ones he was working on having existed in previous eras, particularly those of Ramayana & Mahabharata. He had claimed that, “access to Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.” So while some people are quick to call our ancient scriptures as mythology, those who have scientifically studied the matter are more apt to consider them as actual ancient histories of the world. These gigantic footprints found throughout the world fit in nicely with the descriptions found in ancient Vedic scriptures. Even the Bible mentions the giants who walked the earth in ancient times:
“There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bear children to them, the same became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.” ( Genesis 6:4 )
Some of these footprints are hundreds of millions of years old, like the one in South Africa is over 200 million years old. Of all the world scriptures, only the Vedas contain reference to vast time spans, covering millions, billions and even trillions of years. Further, only the Vedic scriptures state that man has existed on this earth for hundreds of millions of years. The Vedic view is that there are many major and minor cycles of destruction (called pralayas) that occur over the life of the universe, which lasts trillions of years.
Just as there are seasons in the year, so there are also four cosmic seasons called as yugas. The total time span of four cosmic seasons is 4,320,000 years. Between each Yuga there is a partial dissolution in the world, where the world is destroyed through flood, fire and other natural disasters. The present age of Kali Yuga began 5,117 years ago, which also matches closely to both Mayan calendar for the last destruction, and the Bible’s narration of the flood on the earth.
The Vedic scriptures describe that present Kali Yuga is an age of evil, selfishness, destruction and all bad qualities. The word Kali means war in Sanskrit, so Kali Yuga means the age of war and destruction.
Thailand : There is a book called “The Ramakien” which means “The Glory of Rama”, a Thai version of ancient Sanskrit epic Ramayana. The ancient capital of Thailand used to be named “Ayutthaya”, which is named after Lord Ramachandra’s capital of Ayodhya in India. The present capital of Bangkok was originally a small trading post of Ayutthaya, located 40-km away.
Andhra Pradesh : The footprint at Lepakshi in Andhra Pradesh. Some legends say the footprint is of Lord Hanuman and others say it is the footprint of mother Sita. The historic town of Lepakshi has a connection with an occurrence of Ramayana. While Ravana was kidnapping Sita Devi and heading towards Lanka, a bird named Jatayu had battled with him. He could not fight for long and defated to fall at this place. According to Valmiki Ramayana, Lord Rama accompanied by Lakshmana met the dying bird Jatayu at this spot. They helped him attain moksha by uttering the words “Le Pakshi,” which is Telugu for “Rise, bird”. Hence the name of the place has become Lepakshi.
Sri Lanka : It is believed that when Hanuman had left India for Sri Lanka and landed at this spot and the force was so great that his footprint was left pressed into the solid stone.
Malaysia : In Penang there is also a footprint of Lord Hanuman, which is kept within a small temple. Visitors throw coins on other footprint for good luck.
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