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YAZHI- THE UNSOLVED MYSRTERIOUS

Updated: Jul 31, 2020




curious creature



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What is yazhi? yazhi is an animal . It's a curious creature seen in south indian temple. Are you see the yazhi? Yes of course all are see the yazhi but no one can know that's

yazhi . It's often sculpted onto the pillars.It may be portrayed as a part of lion , elephant and horse in similar shape . It also described as leography .


Where they live ? And When they live ? They live in kumari ghats in 16th century . These are very old but become very prominent in south indian sulpture . Yazhi are belived they are most powerfull than lion , tiger and the elephant . Yazhi is a gigantic animal . It's body seems like horse , It's feet seems like lion and it's face has three types 1. simma or lion yazhi , 2 . makara or capricon and finally 3. yannai yazhi .



yanai yazhi



Simma yazhi

Makara yazhi


This is first of all told by ancient ilango adigal ( who is the author of sillappatikaram one of the great epice of tamil literatutre ) . And the second evedience in Nitrinai 205 , poem i,e


YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE HARSF FOREST

IN THE MOUNTAIN SLOPE ,

WHERE WATERFALLS ROAR DOWN,AND A FIERCE

ali DRAGS AWAY A BULL ELEPHANT WITH WHITE,

LIFTED TRUSKS WITH SHARP ENDS , KILLED BY A

TIGER WITH KILLING CLAWS AND BRIGHT STRIPES....


Yazhi is one of the controll less animal on those days . In now a days these animals sculpture are seen in old temples like MADURAI Meenachi Amman Temple , 1000 pillar hall , THANJAVUR Brihadeeswara temple and CHIDAMBARAM Nataraja temple etc.These animals sculptured in the beam of this temple to protect the god (it's a belief of people ) .





Now a day we tell gigantic animal is an elephant , but in 16th century yazhi is a gigantic animal than elephant . In africa we usually speak about dinosaurus , chinese have dragon and greek have fenix like wise south indians have a yazhi at the time . These animals are most probably in south india . Abroad countries are proved their animals live in the country by archaeologist . But indians are proved by sculpture in olden days temple .


How it die? The main reason for way out yazhi is natural disaster in kumari ghats so this creature are migrate from one place to another . In this migration there species are perish by climate change or poaching . In kumari ghats disaster are proved by tamil illakkayam .


IT IS NOT TO TELL A METHATHOLOGY .


" Indians glory is not just related to arts and science it's also releated to biology!!!"

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