Fwd: Mt.Meru and Kenyan /Tanzanian Mountains

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, "sunil nair" <astro_tellerkerala wrote:Dear group and respected memebrs here is what hindu puranas and epics ,jain philosophy and budhistphilosophy considers abt mt.meru which is also known as sumeruIt is a blf which is considered as centre of all physical ,metaphysical and spiritual universes. It is believed to be the abode of Lord brahmaand the Demi-Gods and deities .It is also blved that surya the sun-God, circumambulates Mount Meruevery day.The mountain is said to be 80,000 yojanas (several thousands of miles)high and located in Jampudwipa , one of the continents in the hindumythological cosmology .surya sidhantha mentions it is in bhugola madhya in jambudwipa notbhumadhya and hence not near equater and it is not some mountain inkenya or tanzania which some people propoagtes as if they got it as somesecret frm some yogies .Narpatijayacharya, which is based on texts of Yamala Tantra ( koorma chakraadhyaya i blv ) , mentions "Sumeru Pritwi madhye shruyate drishyate natu" (Su-meru is heard to be in the middle of the Earth, but is not seenthere where asvarahamihira locates Mt Meru at the North Pole ( pancha sidhanthika ).some astro littearature considers as sumeru for North pole and kumerufor south pole .rgrds sunil nair