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We are at Mahabalipuram in India, and let's take a look at this mysterious giant rock called Krishna's butter ball. The specialty of this rock, is that it stands on an extremely small base, less than 2 square feet area on a slippery hill. It is a miracle that it is able to stand like that. Just imagine what would happen if you place a ball on a slope. It would roll down right away, but this rock has been in place for at least 1200 years.
This granite rock is over 20 feet tall and weighs over 250 tons. With its width almost equal to its height, it looks like a sphere in some angles but is not a perfect sphere. You can see a lot of people sitting under it which gives you an idea of how big it is.
Many people think of this rock as a natural formation. However, such a natural formation is impossible because There is no way it could have come to this shape by erosion, flowing water or blowing wind. You can see that the rest of the area is a smooth hill, and is devoid of any other large rocks. So if its not a natural formation who could have put this here? Even in modern days, moving a 250 ton rock uphill would be a very difficult task and require complex equipment like cranes. How was it done 1200 years ago?
This granite rock is over 20 feet tall and weighs over 250 tons. With its width almost equal to its height, it looks like a sphere in some angles but is not a perfect sphere. You can see a lot of people sitting under it which gives you an idea of how big it is.
Many people think of this rock as a natural formation. However, such a natural formation is impossible because There is no way it could have come to this shape by erosion, flowing water or blowing wind. You can see that the rest of the area is a smooth hill, and is devoid of any other large rocks. So if its not a natural formation who could have put this here? Even in modern days, moving a 250 ton rock uphill would be a very difficult task and require complex equipment like cranes. How was it done 1200 years ago?
It is important to understand about the slippery hill on which the rock stands. This hill looks like it is 30 feet tall. This is not the original height of the hill, because the land level here keeps rising! The sand gets washed in from the nearby sea all the time. This is a ramp nearby, which is less than 5 feet now. Just 10 years ago, this ramp was over 15 feet high, and kids used it as a slide. This hill is slowly being buried at the rate of 1 foot every year. Now, imagine how tall this hill would have been 1200 years ago! It would have been a very tall mountain, over 1000 feet high! How was this monstrous rock placed on such a high altitude?
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