I Believe I can Fly (Vedic Style)

Zooooooom !!!!!!!!!!!
There went a F-16 !!!

Far Far above me, i saw it flying..It was a ballet in the sky. The F-16 was weaving a web of magic in the air.Then, i thought to myself about the vedic times, when flying in the air was not uncommon.

I questioned myself, how could vedic planes not exist?

They had to, right.

How can one explain Lord Rama traveling from Srilanka to Ayodhya in a such a short span of time (Dussehra to Deepawali)..

The flight route of Lord Rama

A number of question just jumped in to my mind..

How could one explain Lord Hanuman making no fuss about traveling to Sri Lanka in search of Sita.

How could he fly alone. Did he not need a co-pilot or an air-hostess atleast, to supply him with the warm towels and much needed breaksfast, brunch, lunch and dinner, not to forget the snacks, orange juice and peanuts..:)..

What was the fuel.

Was he using a jetpack or some form of a single seater plane with enough cargo room for the mountain that had the sanjeevani herb.

I said to myself, the so called vimaanas-Ancient Indian Planes had to exist. These predecessors of Air India and Jet Airways had to be sophisticated and yet simple to find such great utlity in those times.

A closer Literature review of this subject revealed a few interesting facts.

To understand this, one needs to understand how time was split in to different eras (or yugas) in Vedic philospophy. According to vedic philosophy, time has been split in to four yugas:

1. Satya-yuga: Lasted 1,728,000 years
2. Treta-yuga: Lasted 1,296,000 years
3. Dvapara-yuga: Lasted 864,000 years
4. Kali-yuga: Lasts 432,000 years


It is said that 1000 cycles of these eras have taken place so far. It is very interesting to note that this results in the age of the earth as 4.32 billion years which is the same as the geological age of the earth (4.1-4.95 billion years) as determined by isotope studies..

1000 * (1728000+1296000+864000+432000)=4.32 Billion Years

It is said that the moral purity of humanity and the the ability to understand the mystical powers decreased with each passing era. Many point out that the advent of Vimaanas took place during the early years of the Treta-Yuga.

There are basically three types of vimaana, based on the era in which they were used. The treta-yuga vimaanas (25 variations of them) were were powered by means of knowledge of mantras. The Dvapara-yuga vimaanas (56 variations of them) exploited the use of tantric knowledge. Due to relatively deficiency in mysical powers, the kali-yuga vimaanas (25 variations of them) were based on mechanical powers. The kali yuga were referred to as kritakas.

It is said that the shape of these vimaanas were not very different. The vedic book "Vimaanika Shastra" describes some of the complex engines used by the vimaanas. It is strigking to note the similarity in present day engines and vedic engines.

What is even more striking are the detailed plans of these various vimaanas in ancient vedic literature.

Here are some of the pictures from these ancient indian texts:




BTW, i am travelling to india next month. I am flying by the Ramayan Vayu.. Man, they got some cool, trendy Tripura Vimanas-474. I am hoping to reach the Hyderabad VimanShaala in a days time.
Did i mention that the service is wonderful. They have got the best inflight service with indian classical music, nrutya pradarshan and harikatha shows... :P

I wish i could say this seriously...

But, i guess we dont deserve this luxury due to era we live in; an era of high moral impurity-the KaliYuga..

Acknowledgements and References: My literature review was based on a number of websites. A hugen thanks to the following website: http://www.hinduwisdom.info for the pictures and the indepth analysis.
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