
Mount Meru is a five peaked mountain present within the culture of the majority of population living in earth. There is no mention that the mountain peaks are at one single location throughout the world, there can be different locations of the peak.
Mount Meru to be a stairway to Svarga, a heaven where the devas reside. Meru is considered as the center of the universe and is described as 84,000 yojanas high, about 1,082,000 km (672,000 mi), which would be 85 times the Earth's diameter. One yojana can be taken to mean about 11.5 km (9 miles), though its magnitude seems to differ over periods — for example, the Earth's circumference is 3,200 yojanas according to Varahamihira and slightly less so in the Aryabhatiya, but is said to be 5,026.5 yojanas in the Suryasiddhānta. The Matsya Purana and the Bhagavata Purana, along with some other Hindu texts, consistently give the height of 84,000 yojanas to Mount Meru, which translates into 672,000 miles or 1,082,000 kilometers. The Sun and Moon along with all the planets revolve around Mount Meru which connects the earth with the under world and heaven with Shiva residing on top of the mountain at Kailasha. Gods and devas are described as frequenting Mount Meru.
Mount Meru is at the centre of the lotus, the yellowish part which used to be. |
According to the Mahabharata, Meru is located amidst the Himavat range between Malayavat and Gandhamadhana mountains. Some scriptures indicate that Shiva resides in a horn of the mountains called as Saivatra. Mahabharata further states that the mountain gleans of gold when the rays of the sun fall on it and is said to contain lovely woods, lakes, rivers adorned with fruit trees, precious stones and life saving herbs. It also describes Meru as the means to reach heaven and only a being without any sins would be able to scale it. Meru is also said to be the residence of Kubera who lives near a golden gate with a lake called Alaka adorned with golden lotuses and sweet tasting water from which Mandakini river arises.As per the Mahabharata, the Pandavas along with their wife Draupadi, traveled towards the summit of the mountain as a means to reach the heaven but only Yudhishthira who was accompanied by a dog, was able to make it.
The Hindu epic Ramayana describes Kailash and Lake Manasarovar located in the Mount Meru as places unlike anywhere in the world.
Vishnu Purana states that Meru is a pillar of the world, located at the heart of six mountain ranges symbolizing a lotus. It also states that the four faces of Mount Kailash are made of crystal, ruby, gold, and lapis lazuli. It further talks about Shiva sitting in a lotus position, engaged in deep meditation within the confines of the mountain. The mountain is home to four lakes, whose water is shared by the gods and four rivers that originate from the Ganges and flow to the earth. The Vayu Purana describes similarly with the mountain located close to a lake consisting of clear water with lotuses and lilies decked with water birds. Bhagavata Purana places Kailash as located south of Mount Meru. Skanda Purana mentions that the mountain is located amongst the highest peaks, perpetually covered with snow. Mount Meru was said to be the residence of King Padmaja Brahma in antiquity.
It is to be noted, that Purans are millions of years old, and there is no lies with this.
A representation of Meru parvat, this particular image might be wrong or un-scaled. |
This mythical mountain of gods was mentioned in the Tantu Pagelaran, an Old Javanese manuscript written in the 15th-century Majapahit period. The manuscript describes the mythical origin of the island of Java, as well as the legendary movement of portions of Mount Meru to Java. The manuscript explains that Batara Guru (Shiva) ordered the gods Brahma and Vishnu to fill Java with human beings. However, at that time, Java island was floating freely on the ocean, always tumbling and shaking. To stop the island's movement, the gods decided to nail it to the Earth by moving the part of Mahameru in Jambudvipa (India) and attaching it to Java.[30] The resulting mountain is Mount Semeru, the tallest mountain in Java.
Legends say, Meru it was the centre of world, the lotus pic below, this was its stem. but earlier in recent times, the mountain was shifted from India to Indonesia, the local Indonesian people still say these legends as i read online.
Some rock part of mount meru was taken from the mount meru, and it was placed in java island to fix the island from moving, and its now called Sumeru.
The word "meru" meaning tells, the mountain was not like a typical mountain like we see, it was on the axis of the earth itself. I belive in both flat earth, and round earth.
So, a part from the axis of the earth was taken, to fix the java island.
I bet, the part was from the Meru peak, situated in the north pole, as mentiond in the old maps, of 14th century. or the first map of the north pole, here's the map:
Map of North Pole from 1400s shows a mountain at its centre |
This 14 - 15 century map shows a mountain in north pole, and 15 century's legend says maybe a part was taken from axis to fix the java island from moving, thus forming the mountains of Indonesia ... further it is also a possibility, that many parts of Mount Meru might be taken as a result of many mountains nearby.
The parts of Mount Meru, was taken from the North Pole, and put in differnet parts of Indonesia to fix the island. |
Intresting thing is that after 15 th century all maps of the world has not shown this mountain at the centre of the north pole as it was missing from there
Until, now 2025. No one has seen the actual image of the north pole of the globe, there are only speculations and CGI generated images, which are highly processed, just like the planets or galaxy images.
There was a leak of the north pole, image from a nasa live stream, which showed no ice caps in the north pole, it showed just a hollow empty thing in the centre of the north pole. Here's the image, along with few other images.
Yes, this is a matter to think, and discuss. Thank you.