Ancient Vishnu idol found in Russian town [Hinduism in Russia 2000-years back]
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Ancient Vishnu idol found in Russian town
MOSCOW:
An ancient Vishnu idol has been found during excavation in an old
village in Russia's Volga region, raising questions about the prevalent
view on the origin of ancient Russia. The
idol found in Staraya (old) Maina village dates back to VII-X century
AD. Staraya Maina village in Ulyanovsk region was a highly populated
city 1700 years ago, much older than Kiev, so far believed to be the
mother of all Russian cities.
"We
may consider it incredible, but we have ground to assert that
Middle-Volga region was the original land of Ancient Rus. This is a
hypothesis, but a hypothesis, which requires thorough research," Reader
of Ulyanovsk State University's archaeology department Dr Alexander
Kozhevin told state-run televisionVesti.
Dr
Kozhevin, who has been conducting excavation in Staraya Maina for last
seven years, said that every single square metre of the surroundings of
the ancient town situated on the banks of Samara, a tributary of Volga,
is studded with antiques.
Prior to unearthing of the Vishnu idol, Dr Kozhevin has already found ancient coins, pendants, rings and fragments of weapons. He
believes that today's Staraya Maina, a town of eight thousand, was ten
times more populated in the ancient times. It is from here that people
started moving to the Don and Dneiper rivers around the time ancient
Russy built the city of Kiev, now the capital of Ukraine.
An
international conference is being organised later this year to study
the legacy of the ancient village, which can radically change the
history of ancient Russia.
Ancient Idol of Lord Vishnu found during excavation in an old village in Russia's Volga Region
The discovery of the idol confirms the location in Russia, identified in
the Rig Veda as rus soviath sapthamahanagaratham (the ancient and holy
land of the 722 flying vehicles). The ancient connections between the
Russians and the Indians has been unequivocally confirmed. In Russian
orthodox Christianity, worship is conducted very much like in Vishnu
temples. The Russians refer to the feast of Vizhnyir Ekoratsya Vikhunh,
directly corresponding with Vaikhunda Ekhadasi.