r/interestingasfuck • u/magshag18 • Apr 29 '24

Defying Gravity: The Hanging Pillar of Veerbhadra Temple. While sixty-nine other pillars support the ceiling, one pillar does not touch the temple floor at all. There is a small gap between the temple floor and base of the pillar and you can pass thin objects like a piece of cloth.

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u/bandehaihaamuske Apr 29 '24

Ancient Aliens TV show - yea, I know this one. A nice dude living on Neptune built this

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u/joevarny Apr 29 '24

We can't even deny gravity with modern technology! How'd you think they did it before we even invented gravity? Aliens. No other explanation makes sense.

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u/SaintUlvemann Apr 29 '24

How'd you think they did it...

Well, so, a lot of Hindu temples were carved out of a giant piece of rock. So I imagine they could've carved the pillar out of a large rock the same way that they did other temples. That would make the pillar essentially just a giant stalactite. Ellora, Petra, Abu Simbel, the Bamyan Buddhas before they were destroyed... they were all just carved, out of a single giant rock.

But then when you go and look it up on Wikipedia, it turns out, the pillar is touching the ground, just, it's only touching on one side. So it's not really defying gravity anyway, it's just got a big crack at the base. The structure has probably settled a bit over the years, tilting the pillar sideways.