THE MYSTERY OF THE LEANING TEMPLES OF INDIA

You have heard about the leaning tower of Pisa, but do you know about the leaning temples of India.

Well, then I present to you, the leaning temples of India. - Huma and Ratneshwar Mahadev Mandir 

HUMA, SAMBALPUR

There are three temples of Huma the main temple along with two small temples the main temple is dedicated to lord Bimaleswar while the other two temples are dedicated to Bhairo and Bhairavi Devi  .

Driving into a little history, the main temple was first built by Emperor Anangabhima Deva-III while it was renovated by King Ballar Singh, the fifth Chauhan king. The other two temples were built during the rule of Ajit Singh.

Now, if you notice carefully the main temple is actually tilted in one direction while the other two temples are tilted in another direction. And it is not only the temple that is tilted but also the gates and boundary.

It is interesting to note that the reason of the tilt is still unknown. There is no architectural default and the fact that the main temple was built way before the other two just elimnates the suspicion of it being a creative idea.

Some belief that the tilt happened due to the shifting of rock beds below. Which is a possible theory since the temple is situated on the banks of river Mahanadi.

But!

Let me tell you I had the luck of visiting that place and came to know some interesting facts from the locals. 

One of them is that anything that is built on that land gets tilted. 

Astonishing !

But true since, it is not only the temple that is tilted but the small shops near it are also slightly tilted. That is everything on the temple premises is tilted.

Some belief that the tilt could be because of some unknown geological factors but if that was the case then why is it that the tilt has not changed at all and not to mention the tilting at different angles.

Interesting, is the fact that even though the edifice of temple is tilted the pinnacle remains perpendicular and the centre of gravity is so well balanced that the mysterious tilting has also not disrupted the architectural structure.

But if you think that the leaning nature of temple is the only interesting thing, then you are so wrong!

The legends revolving around this temple are even more intriguing than the temple itself.

The first one is how the Huma wad found. The story revolves around a cow and milkman.

Yeah you heard me right no need to make faces.

So, this milkman was curious when he found the cow's uder dry everyday, so one day he followed his cow ( I have never heard about a cow stalker before. Well, there is always a first time right!). He saw her secreting the milk on a stone that was absorbing it. 

(Ok so now we have a milk drinking stone)

On observing further he noticed that the stone looked like a linga, ( a structure that is the symbol of lord Shiva).

After this episode everyone thought that place was holy and decided to built a shrine there. This is how the temple of Huma came into existence.

As I said before the temple is not the only attractive feature of Huma, just beyond it lies the eye capturing Mahanadi, for all the travellers here, it is a site to see.

The water is so clear that you can see the grass below and also the large swarms of fishes.

A certain type of fishes called Kudo fish are considered sacred and so fishery is completely banned here. Feeding the fishes are as seen as holy guestures.

Now, time for the second legend.

There are two abnormally large fishes in this waters. These special  fishes are said to be seen only  during shivratri. And anyone who sees at least one of them is considered to be immensely lucky and something good will happen to them while if they see both of the, one of their wishes will be granted. 

This legend somehow remind me of a story I used to hear in childhood, of three magical, colourful fishes that also use to grant wishes and were sacred but whenever they were caught for the king , they used to magically vanish from the kitchen and reappear in the pond.

Now, most of you will laugh at wish granting fishes at first I had the same thought, I mean I believe there could be those fishes but come on wish granting fishes are a little far fetched. 

But it was in the hotel that we were staying that we heard the story to be true. The manager of the hotel told us that those fishes are almost 6 feet large and there are some people who saw them , he himself had seen one. Another thing that he said was something good and unexpected did happen to those who saw these special fishes. 

I seriously don't know if the linga still drinks milk or if the fishes really have wish granting powers. But if anyone is lucky enough to see them please wish for Corona to leave us alone.

 Ratneshwar Mahadev Mandir, Varanasi

Besides being a leaning temple, it is  also partially submerged underwater for most of year. 

Unlike Huma, Ratneshwar temple is situated on the waterfront, of Mahakarnika ghat. It is the major tourist attraction of the city with a tilt of 9 degrees i.e. five degrees more than Leaning tower of Pisa.

 So, travellers this is another place to add to your bucket list after Corona is gone. 

Still not convinced to visit. 

Well, then let me tell you about the history and legend of temple.

Now there is a debate on who actually built the temple . So, it could have beern built by a servant of Raja Man Singh of Amer, or a servant of Ahilya Bai Holkar or by Baziya Bai , queen of Gwalior.

According to one of the legend it was built by a servant of Raja Man Singh for his mother. but after the completion of temple , he proudly boasted that he has repaid the debt to his mother. Since the debt of a mother can never be fulfilled so she cursed this temple and it began to fall backwards.

Well, at least we have some sort of mythical explanation about the tilt.

BUT!

Let me be honest neither you nor i believe this theory 

i don't know your reason but my reason is this picture.

It seems Ratneswar was not the ony leaning temple built on waterfront.

 There is this widely accepted theory, that the other temples were washed away by the current of Ganges and Ratneswar was the only temple to have survived.

But won't there be anything left behind, anything at all, that shows that these temples ever existed.

Not only that, in some rare early paintings the Ratneswar temple is shown uptight, suggesting that the temple may have started tilting in early tweentienth century.

So , the culprit of the tilt was some structural defect and high current of water. 

Now the question is, Why is the temple built on waterfront?

 was the temple always meant to be submerged in water? if yes then why?

Not to mention if other temples are washed away, then Ratneswar is also threatened to vanish one day without trace.

A temple is built for religious offerings but if the shrine of the temple is  almost always underwater, then how can some one do the required? Is it's sole purpose religious offering or something entirely different!

Hope we uncover the answers, one day.

 

Till then tell me your conspiracy theories about these temples, which one do you like more and would love to visit (in the comment section).

                    

                                          Archie          

( blue rose belles) 

Who was the Blood Countess? Who bathed in blood for youthness?!! ||Criminal world ep. 3||

Have you ever heard of the "Blood Countess"? 

The infamous lady who took baths in blood and had " Vampiric"  behavior? The vampire psycho lady? 

You have? Good. I think you have. She is popular. Like gossip girl popular. Read this article to reconfirm your knowledge and tell me where did I go wrong. I can be dumb sometimes( not really, shushhh... I have a small attention span. Lmao). 

You don't know who Blood countess is? Read on to find out! Might make you throw up.. So that must be fun. 

Blood countess or Elizabeth Bathory was born on the 7th  August 1560,in Nyírbátor, Hungary. She was born into the Bathory Bloodline, which was an incredibly powerful noble family of 

Hungary. 

Early life of Elizabeth Bathory was not exactly normal. Then again it was the 1500s -1600s, what can we except? Since Elizabeth was born into wealth and influence, she was given education, respect and was rich, everything girls in those (who weren't born into royalty) didn't have.

She was said to suffer for seizures and epilepsy from a very young age. For this reason she apparently used to smell and drink human blood. Yep! You read that right. Yummm...right? Now, it the 1500s, the medical or healthcare system was not at all developed. So, the doctors thought drinking human blood might cure epilepsy. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️. 

Even though the aesthetic of 1500s was pretty thank god I wasn't born in that era. God knows what the fuck they will do to you if you suffered from any disease. 

Elizabeth was engaged at the age of 11,to another very influential family of Hungary,  Nasady. 

Now something scandalous (in terms of 1500-1600s. Elizabeth Bathory is said to have given birth to a baby out of wedlock with a lower class lover at the age of 13. I mean it will still be quite scandalous right? Like sex at 12-13?!

It is said that her lover was castrated and then fed to the dogs. Talk about gruesome violence. Her baby daughter was given away to a servant who was paid handsomely to run away with the baby and never to give away this information. 

Elizabeth was married of to Count Ference Nasady two years later when she was 15 years old and her fiance was 19.

Her husband gifted her a castle for her wedding. Now it is said her husband made a "torture" Chamber in the castle just for Elizabeth so that she can implement her sadistic nature onto others. People get yourself a husband like that, who understands your needs.Every need, even if it is killing and torturing young women. It is true that the castle had a torture chamber but no evidence is found whether her husband had anything to do with it. 

 It is also interesting to note that Elizabeth didn't take up her husband's surname. Since Elizabeth was on a higher social status than her husband, she didn't take her husband's name but his husband took Bathory into his name. Girl power!! Yaay! 

Her husband was a very ambitious soldier and he used to away for most times. So, Elizabeth apparent had a series of lovers and bore her husband four children. I wonder if those lovers were castrated and fed to dogs... 

Also, why did the count accept this kids as his own? If he did, why the hell did he send away Elizabeth's first born? 

The torture of Bathory started around 1560. She started killing young peasant girls who used to work for her. She also abducted daughters of those servants who used to work for her. Maybe she chose girls at her castle so that her husband couldn't cheat on her, since most men at that were douchebags. Also not I said "most men" Not "all men".

She had around four people who were really loyal to her. They used to help Elizabeth abduct those young peasant girls. 

She used to to lock them up for days in her torture chamber without food or water. She used to beat them with leather floggers and stinging needles and of course after she stripped them naked. She used to freeze them for days. Sometimes she used to burn them and immediately used to put them into an ice bath. She used to cut off parts of there bodies and then feed it to the victim herself. She used to multilate the girls vagina and breasts making the form of torture of a sexual nature. She used to tie them up on a table and cover them in honey and left them like that. Ants used to crawl up all over there bodies along with other insects and bees. This resulted into the mutilation of the bodies. She is said to bathe and drink those girls' blood. 

On January 4,1604 , Elizabeth's husband died after years of disability. After that, Elizabeth's torture had no bounds. 

She soon got bored of the lower caste peasants girls and upgraded to the noble caste girls who used to go her gynaecium to learn etiquette. 

Around 1604 rumours about Elizabeth Bathory was spreads. Since daughters from noble families were missing, an investigation was launched. 

More and more witnesses were found. All of them sweared that Elizabeth Bathory was torturing and killing all those girls. 

In 1610, enough evidence was found and Elizabeth Bathory was arrested for the murder of 650+ girls. 

Since she was from a noble family, executing her or punishing her was off the table. 

It was later decided that she would be imprisoned in her own castle for the rest of her life. Now some sources say that she was imprisoned in a bricked room while others say she had free movement inside her palace. Nobody knows for sure. 

On the evening of 20th August, 1640 Elizabeth complained of cold hands and her guards suggested her to lie down. She was found the next morning. She was 54 at the time of her death. 

So that my friends was the tale of Countess Elizabeth Bathory aka the blood countess. 

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Lilith : The Untamed Queen

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They called her a demon 

A child-eating monster

the vampire queen

the first wife of Adam

but nobody saw her 

as who she was

nobody saw the 

real woman behind

the mask of a monster

the woman whose children

were killed ruthlessly

whose husband replaced

her almost instantaneously

and what was her fault

she didn't want to bow down

and tell me

 why should she?

when she was created as an equal.

 when she was deemed to be the queen.

             Lilith has been mentioned in many mythological stories, but there is no proof that it is the same person, Though all speak the same tongue confirming she is a demon. 

Demon, quite controversial isn't it, 

Who do you call a demon?

The one who is evil or whom you are afraid of?

Afraid of what?

Her wrath or afraid of realising the power she has over you?

Lilith's first appearance was around 3000BCE, in Mesopotamian scriptures," Lilitu" a class of storm spirits who are accused of prey on pregnant women and children. Four of these storm spirits deserve special mention "Lilu" ( a male demon), Lilitu or Lilith ( female demon), Ardat Lili ( Lilith's handmaiden) and Irdu Lili ( male counterpart of Ardat Lili). 

Ardat Lili is said to torment men in their sleep and father them with demonic children, while Irdu Lili is said to impregnate women with their class of demonic children. Lilith on other hand is accused of killing children and harming women, Lilu is often referred to as the father of Sumerian king Gilmerish, who according to the scriptures has a reputation of being cruel until he meets his friend Enkidu and becomes the hero of Uruk.

If the so-called "demonic children" were replaced by the word "illegitimate children", I think it will give a clearer view of the ancient beliefs. Throughout the years' Illegitimate children have been scorned upon by society ( even if almost all demigods were illegitimate) and addressing them as demon child won't be too much of a problem for them.

In some other scriptures, Lilith is often referred to as Innana's handmaiden( Inanna is another name of Ishtar). Who sent her to the world to lead men astray with her beauty,  more like to test their faithfulness to their beloved. Since Ishtar was the goddess of love, her test to judge the loyalty of men should be hard.

Now the next appearance Lilith makes is in ancient Hebrew text where her role is similar to Lilitu in Mesopotamian scriptures. Amulets are found with the names of three archangels Senoy, Sansenoy, Semangelof inside a circle and the name of Lilin or Lilith outside. The amulet was generally worn by newborns, it was supposed to protect them against the child-killing demon Lilin. Lilin was blamed to be associated with newborn deaths and miscarriages. 

       A manuscript regarding the amulet

But the unasked question is why would she harm innocent newborn babies?

Well, the answer is found in the most unexpected place, the bible.

We all know about Adam and Eve right! 

According to the bible, they were the first human beings created by God, who lived happily in the garden of Eden until they tasted the forbidden fruit and as a punishment was sent to live on Earth.

But what if I tell you Eve was not the first woman created by God?

According to the book of Isaiah, the first woman was created from the same dust like Adam.

But wait! didn't we hear that Eve was created from Adam's bone?

Confused!

Well, it seems after a lot of translations bible kind of erased a tiny information

Adam had a wife before Eve.

And her name was Lilith.

So what went wrong that the first woman ever created turned into a demon?

The answer is Adam.

Adam wanted dominance over Lilith, He wanted to prove that he is superior to her, but according to Lilith, they were equal. They were created by the god in the same way from the same dust, both of them held the same power and she would not bow down in front of him.

Their arguments went to such an extent that Lilith left the garden of Eden after screaming god's real name. She sought refuge in a cave near a sea where Egyptians are supposed to drown. 

Adam then complains to god that "Lilith left him", God pitied Adam and commanded his angels to bring back Lilith and if She refuses hundred of her children will die every day. So god is ready to kill a hundred children every day just because one woman didn't want to kneel in front of her male counterpart. ( how very great)

When the three angels Senoy, Sansenoy and Semangelof, found Lilith and told her about god's wrath,  she refused to return. According to the book of genesis, this is the reason why hundreds of demons die each day but isn't it unfair that you just categorized Lilith's children as demon's without them doing anything.

But she just traded her children lives for her independence doesn't that make her a bad person?

Does it? maybe it does? think once if she bore a girl child and saw her being treated the same way Adam treated her, would that be a nice view for Lilith to watch, her daughter being dominated by her brothers. I don't think so! 

Lilith's character is widely acclaimed now because she stood up against injustice, The injustice that still is a red flag in our society.

So did Lilith went on a killing rampage for revenge?

Maybe maybe not, if someone killed your children just to prove a point then any mother can become a psychopath and go on a killing rampage but there were also a lot of children who survived without amulet and some who died even with an amulet that proves that it was just a superstition.

There are two versions of that story.

One claims that when the angels came to get her, she said that God only made her bring diseases among newborns, if the newborn is male, she has dominion over him for the first eight days but if female it is twenty days. When angels refused her out of fear of the kids she gave an oath that she will not hurt them if they wear amulets with the name of three Angels. Now the controversy arises, if that they went to get Lilith back, so Eve wasn't made then right?!. If there was no Eve then there shouldn't be their progeny, so from where did the newborns come? 

Another story claims that Lilith after quite some time wanted to return to Eden, upon coming to the gates of Eden, she saw that God had already replaced her with another woman, was infuriated and so she sought to harm the newborns. It is also said that she stole Adam's seeds to raise a progeny of demons.

Even if Adam and Lilith's relationship went into ruins that don't mean Lilith wasn't pursued later. In some folk stories of the middle ages, Lilith has been crowned as the Queen of Demons after her Reunion with Asphodeus, the king of Demons.

In some other stories, she has often been associated with the infamous Lucifer.

Given her sense of self-respect, Lilith wouldn't submit before them which means they respected her and gave her position of their equal. Isn't it interesting that demons could understand her but God couldn't?

Some middle-aged texts claims, Lilith to be a seductress, who lure the man to their death. The texts warn that if any man falls prey to her charms they will never be free from it and never come back to light.

In Greek mythology, there is a mention of a child-stealing monster called Lamia, Who is said to have a half-human and half serpentine body, she also has a vampiric nature of drinking male blood and killing them in their sleep. Many believe that Lamia and Lilith are synonymous.

However, in neo-paganism Lilith is viewed as a goddess, Gerald Gardener affirms that Lilith has been worshipped earlier in the historic period. According to Doreen Valiente, Lilith is, " a personification of erotic dreams, the suppressed desire for delights". She is said to be connected with Ishtar, Inanna, Asherah, Anath and Isis.

In the world of literature, Lilith was always painted as a seductress luring men into her trap, witches, someone who leads men to their destruction but the victorian Poet Robert Browning saw Lilith in a different light. He saw the emotional aspects of Lilith and painted her in a different light, where Lilith always loved Adam but Eve didn't.

Interestingly, Lilith's symbols are lion, owl, eagles, vultures and snake. Though the first three symbols don't justify her demonic character, Lion has always being a symbol of strength and magnificence, Owl of wisdom and Eagle of sharpness. These three symbols bring about a character of power, strength dominance and righteousness, although the last two degrade hr character, together all of them make her the strongest woman ever created. A deadly combination of beauty, body and brain, a true figure of women empowerment.

Though there is a lot of controversy regarding the character of Lilith one cannot deny that with her Aura and Power over everyone Lilith was and will always be The Untamed Queen.

                                                                                  blue rose belles

                          (Archie)

Easter Sunday massacre

It's been about 46 years since the day of the Easter Sunday massacre. The story revolves around a man named James Ruppert. 



                                                        

                                                        The Ruppert house

James Urban Ruppert was born on 12th April, 1934 in Hamilton, Ohio. 

He is said to have a troubled childhood.  His father, Leonard had little to no affection for him and his older brother Leon repeatedly toldty, use to repeatedly tell Rupert, that she regretted his existence and wished for a daughter instead. 

In 1947,  Leonard Ruppert, James's father died and Leonard jr.  became the head of the house. It is said that James was constantly picked on by his older brother. He was apparently treated poorly at his home. 

All these left an impact on James. At school he was a poor student, he was hardly getting past. He had a few to no friends. It is known that he dated a few times in his life. 

James resented his brother. The reason behind this definitely begins when his brother used to pick on him. Later in life, Leonard jr. got a college degree on electrical engineering while James dropped out of college after two years of joining. Leonard jr. married one of James's ex-girlfriend Alma. Alma and Leonard jr. ha eight children together and were happily married. They lived in their big family house near to their parental house. On the other hand James was unemployed, sometimes did odd jobs and lived with his mother at the age of 41.

He was also an alcoholic.

His mother had expectations from him since he is a 41-year-old. His little problem with alcohol got so out of hand once that his mother threatened to get a restraining order against him. On top of all that, James owed money to his mother and brother. 

March 29th, 1975. It was James's birthday and he was witnessed practicing shooting with a. 357 magnum along the banks of The Great Miami River in Hamilton. He was later seen in a bar, where he talked to a employee, Miss Wanda. She said James seemed depressed and talked about feeling pressurised by his mother's wishes. He left the bar briefly at 11:00, saying he had a problem to solve but later came back at around 1:30 and said his problem was not solved yet. 

   

    10 of the victims of the Easter Sunday massacre. 

March 30th, 1,975. It was an Easter Sund and his wife, along with their eight children, came to visit Charity. 

While James was sleeping off his night of drinking in his room, the kids were playing around while the others prepared for there lunch. 

At around 4:00pm, James came down to the kitchen, with a loaded . 357 magnum, two.22  Handguns and a rifle. 

At that moment, Charity, Leonard jr. , Alma along  with three children David, Terresa and Carol.  James shot and killed them all. Then later he proceeded onto the living room where he killed his remaining nieces and nephews, namely, Leonard III, Ann, Micheal, Thomas,  John. 

So in total he killed 11 people. The entire massacre was done in about 5 mins. Leaving out one kid, the others where shot twice, to ensure that they are dead. 

James waited for a few moments before calling the police. 

The policy describes the scene as the "slaughterhouse" since everything was covered with blood. Blood was dripping off the wall, the carpets were soaked with blood. 

James refused to say anything to the police and was uncooperative. He made it clear he will plea for insanity. 

   James Ruppert at the time of his arrest. 

His initial trial was held in Hamilton, Ohio. The three-judge panel found him guilty of 11 murders and he sentenced to life imprisonment. 

Later a mistrial was supposed to be concluded in Findlay, Ohio as it was claimed he will never receive a fair trial in Hamilton. 

In July 1975,  a second trial started since new evJames'e and witnesses a surface drget shooting was surfacing. In that trial, he was found guilty of 11 murders and he received 11 life sentences. 

In 1982, a new trial was issued where he was found guilty of 2 murders and not guilty for the other 9 murders on the basis of insanity and was given 2 life sentences. 

In December 2019, James was held in the Franklin Medical Center in Ohio. In 1982, he was granted a hearing before the parole board but his release was denied. Later in 2015 he was again in a hearing before the parole board but his release was again denied. 

His next hearing is scheduled for 2025 when he would be 90 years of age. 

 

James Ruppert, 2015

 2025 is not far from now. Do you think he will be released? Does a evil like him deserve to get released? Do you think he was made into a devil by his own family? 

Let me know. 

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With love, Anisha ❤❤