How did they see it 6,000 years ago?

In a remote village in Tamil Nadu, India, there is a temple that hides a remarkable secret. The Varamurthyeswarar temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the supreme god of Hinduism, who is believed to be the creator and destroyer of the universe. But what makes this temple unique is not its architecture or its rituals, but its stone carvings that reveal a stunning truth about the origin of life.

Thousands of years before the discovery of these very cells, before ultrasound and the microscope, a detailed process of how cells meet, merge and grow in a woman’s womb is carved on the 6,000-year-old temple.

The carvings are arranged in a circular pattern around a central figure of Shiva, who is depicted in his cosmic dance of creation and destruction. The carvings show the process of human conception and birth in astonishing detail, from the moment the sperm meets the egg to the moment the baby emerges from the womb. The carvings are so accurate that they seem to show the microscopic events that occur during reproduction, such as the fusion of the chromosomes and the division of the cells.

There are different theories and explanations for this mystery. Some say that the temple is 6,000 years old and that the carvings are based on some ancient legends related to sages who had divine visions of life’s secrets . Others say that the temple is about 1000 years old and that it was built during a golden age of Indian civilization, when science, art and spirituality flourished together. The carvings may have been made by observing nature and animals closely and using analogies and symbols to explain human reproduction.