1870: INDIA'S HIDDEN HALL OF RECORDS

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1870: INDIA'S HIDDEN HALL OF RECORDS

 

Nearly everyone familiar with the American seer Edgar

Cayce has heard of Egypt's Hall of Records, said to be

hidden somewhere beneath the Giza plateau.

 

But how many are aware of a similar ancient Hall of

Records, said to be tucked away in India?

 

About 150 kilometers (90 miles) east of Lucknow, on

the south bank of the Ghagara River, stands Ayodhya,

one of the seven holy cities of the Vaishnavi. The

city is famous as the birthplace of the Hindu god Rama

and as the capital of India during the previous

world-age, the Tetra Yuga.

 

Ayodhya is also the supposed site of India's Hall of

Records.

 

The Hall, alleged to be guarded by a sect of Gnani

Yogis, might never have become public knowledge,

except for a war in modern times--the so-called

"Indian Mutiny" of 1857.

 

The war had seen incredible atrocities committed by

both sides. After the insurgents' defeat in 1858,

hundreds of Indian P.O.W.s--Hindu and Muslim

alike--were massacred at Gwalior.

 

For a few of the Gnani Yogis, this was the absolute

last straw, and they talked about striking directly at

Queen Victoria by unleashing "weapons of mass

destruction," the fearful weapons of the Drona Parva,

against London itself.

 

(Editor's Note: The Drona Parva is a book of the

ancient Indian epic called the Mahabharata. It

describes energy weapons that make the hydrogen bomb

look like a Fourth of July firecracker.)

 

Such talk alarmed the Sages of Shambhala. They were

determined that the weapons should remain buried

beneath "the Dark Pyramid of Hari-Yupuya" (in what is

today Pakistan--J.T.). To stave off the Indian

public's growing thirst for vengeance, Shambhala

encouraged certain Hindu leaders to launch the samaj

movement in the 1860s. In northern India, these

leaders became revered as mahatmas. (Hindi for great

souls--J.T.) These included Karsondas Mulji, Swami

Dayananda Sarasvati, Baba Khem Dass and Swami Shiva

Dayal Singh. These men founded a number of groups such

as Arya Samaj and Sanathan Dharm Rakshini Sabha

(Translated: Society for the Protection of the Eternal

Religion--J.T.)

 

Into this Hindu religious renaissance came a young

British officer named James Churchward (1850-1936).

India had fascinated young Jimmy for years, ever since

age seven when he'd read about Meerut, Lucknow,

Cawnpore, Delhi and all of the Mutiny battlefields in

the Times. He was also very much interested in ancient

history and, arriving in India in 1869, spent all of

his off-duty leave time visiting the country's

centuries-old temples.

 

During these visits, Churchward made the acquaintance

of an aged Hindu rishi (priest), who became like a

father to him. As Churchward himself wrote, "Do tell

us some more about the old priest, is a request I have

received from many readers of my last book, The Lost

Continent of Mu. What am I to tell? This old Rishi was

simply one who for one reason or other had taken a

great fancy to me as a young man. He taught me how to

learn to read ancient writings and inscriptions. It

was a hobby of his and mine also."

 

In February 1870, while on leave, Churchward met the

old Rishi in Faizabad, and the two men walked 6

kilometers (4 miles) to Ayodhya. Here the Rishi took

his young English chela (disciple) on a Cook's Tour of

the ancient sacred sites, visiting the Babri Masjid

mosque, the nearby Ram Janam Bhumi shrine, the

Lakhshmana Ghat, the temple of Kala Rama and the

white, fortress-like Hanuman Gadhi temple.

 

(Editor's Note: Sad to say, the Babri Masjid mosque no

longer stands. It was destroyed by an angry Hindu mob

during rioting in 1992.)

 

As they walked along, the Rishi talked about the

legendary Uighur Empire of central Asia. "'When the

great flood swept up and over eastern and northeastern

Asia, it destroyed the Uighur capital, drowning all of

the inhabitants and buried a great library which had

been brought there by the Naacals from the Motherland

(also known as Lemuria or Mu--J.T.) Many years

afterward, the Naacals of the west, whom the flood did

not reach, went to the ruins of the capital city, dug

the tablets out and carried them to a temple in the

west (Afghanistan--J.T.) There they remained until the

mountains were raised, which destroyed the temple and

buried them again. Many, many years afterward, the

descendants of the Naacals, who survived the mountain

rising, went and dug them out again, and brought them

to the temple (in the Himalayas--J.T.) where they now

repose.'"

 

"Bapu (Hindi for Father--J.T.), is this library the

only complete one in existence?" Churchward asked.

 

The old Rishi shook his head. "I think not, my son. We

have a legend which states that when our Rishi (holy)

city, Ayodhya, was sacked and burnt by the invading

army, the Naacal library was in the secret archives of

the temple and never discovered by the enemy. So that

if our tradition is correct, buried beneath the ruins

of that temple, the Naacal library still remains

intact, as it has never been dug out."

 

Not until nearly the end of his life, sixty years

later, did the retired Colonel Churchward actually sit

down and write about his experiences with the old

Rishi. As if he knew that his young friend would

someday write those books, the Rishi had a curious

request to make of Churchward.

 

"It has been suggested to me that in my writings I

withold all names of places, routes, passes, etc. in

Tibet, Kashmir and northern India generally, which

might be of value in a political sense. The reason

given for witholding this information is a perfectly

valid one," Churchward wrote, "I feel it my duty and

pleasure to comply with the suggestion."

 

I can't prove it, but it is my theory that the Sages

of Shambhala, through the old Rishi, used James

Churchward as a conduit to make the people of the West

aware of the existence of the second Hall of Records.

 

By having Churchward delete specific "names of places,

routes, passes, etc.", Shambhala ensured that their

enemies could not use Churchward's books as a road map

to pinpoint the location of their hidden underground

city.

 

Sounds simple enough. The Hall of Records is situated

beneath one of the old temples in Ayodhya. Easy to

find, right?

 

Think again. There are over 1,000 temples and shrines

devoted to Rama and his wife, Sita, in this city by

the Ghaghara. Go ahead and take your pick.

 

And that doesn't include temples that have been

destroyed since Ayodhya's glory days during the Tetra

Yuga.

 

As you walk along the Lakshmana Ghat north of town,

where, according to the Mahabharata, Rama's brother,

Lakshmana, killed himself after breaking a vow, you

come to a creek. Here in 8,000 B.C. stood the

fortress-palace of a king, Bhunda Chand, who raised a

large army and defeated invaders from the west on the

Jhumda River (now the Jhelum River in Pakistan--J.T.).

Bhunda Chand was assassinated in that palace, and the

throne went to his younger sister, Yasmina Devi, who

founded an empire in northern India and presided over

a glorious renaissance.

 

Today not a stone of that palace remains. Standing in

its place is an ice cream parlour. With plenty of

fruit flavors but no Rocky Road. Sic transit gloria

mundi.

 

(See The Children of Mu by James Churchward, Paperback

Library, New York, N.Y., 1968, pages 186, 187, 213,

214, 215 and 223. Also India: The Rough Guide, edited

by Greg Ward, Penguin Books, London, 1995, pages 286

and 287; The Masters Revealed by K. Paul Johnson,

State University of New York Press, Albany, N.Y.,

1994, pages 107 to 120, and Initiates of the

Theosophical Masters by K. Paul Johnson, State

University of New York Press, Albany, N.Y., 1995,

pages 64 and 65.)