Dakshinamurthy doors

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   ikumaraswamy

   July 15, 2016 at 3:54 pm

   in the website “www.crystalinks.com” , there is an article abt grand canyon exploration by Smithsonian Institute which states a cave with many god like idols of oriental/egyptian on
   the side of canyon river is found , here an idol with crossed legs in a medidating pose and two small figures at the base which somewhat resemble dancing Nataraja

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     sreenivasaraos

     July 16, 2016 at 3:30 am

     Dear Shri Kumaraswamy

     Thank you very much for directing me to a very interesting page.

     I checked the pages at

     http://www.crystalinks.com/grandcanyon.html

     http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_orionzone_9.htm

     They talk about G. E. Kinkaid described as “an explorer and hunter all his life’” and “thirty years having been in the service of the Smithsonian Institute”. It is about his discovery during 1909 of a cavern, nearly inaccessible, at the bottom of the Grand Canyon down the Colorado river, some forty-two miles up the river from the El Tovar Crystal canyon. The entrance is 1,486 feet down the sheer canyon wall.
     Kinkaid talks of his coming upon a cross-hall, several hundred feet long in which he found an idol ,carved out of hard rock , resembling marble sitting cross-legged, with a lotus flower or lily in each hand. Surrounding this idol are smaller images, some very beautiful in form, others crooked-necked and distorted shapes.

     Although the report describes the sculpture as ‘ Buddha-like’, It resemble more of Shiva , Pashpathi.

     

     There are also many who doubt the authenticity of Kincaid’s claims; and , even wonder whether Kincaid could have been a fictitious character.

     I am not sure if there are any further references to the Shiva-like idol discovered by Kinkaid in the Grand Canyon. In case you come across such references , please let me know.

     Thanks again

     Regards

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