Wonders of The World

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• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

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A Pillar Without Foundation

In the courtyard of the Chennakesava (Vishnu) temple in Belur in South India, stands a 40-foot tall stone pillar.
The unusual thing about this pillar is that it has no foundation.
Stately and elegant and weighing more than 20,000 kg, the pillar has been placed on a platform without being joined to it in any way, and has stood there braving the elements for the past nine centuries.
The 'gravity pillar' as it is called, is concaved at the bottom so that it rests only on its edges and not on its entire base. It was built by the great Hoysala king, Vishnuvardhana.

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Last updated on :12/2/2003