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Patala was described in ancient Hindu mythology as a place of abundant water soaked in the ground, under it, above it, and falling from the sky. The Mexican Atlantis more than fits such a description.
  A Hindu myth states that the God Vishnu (just another name of Shiva) once went to Patala-Loka (The Underworld or America) to help the people recover from a huge flood which had destroyed their society. The myth states that a worldwide fire once reduced the surface of the earth to ashes. I have interpreted this part of the myth to mean that Man himself destroyed his environment through slash-and-burn farming, along with other unscientific agricultural practices.
  The God Vayu then blew huge rain clouds all over the earth, causing torrential rains to fall. After the rains had washed away the once-fertile topsoils in the Vera Cruz area, God Vishnu went there and fought a war with the demons who had caused this severe deluge. Then he drained away the excess water, causing the earth to rise above the water again. In other words, he just educated the natives in correct agricultural practices.
  Vishnu expressed his desire to reside on the Earth to protect its people. He commanded his vehicle, Garuda (a Divine Eagle) to fetch Kridachala (an extensive mountain chain with lofty peaks, embedded with gold and precious stones) to America. Although this part of the myth may be incomprehensible to many people, it just means that God Vishnu ordered the ancient Meso-Americans to diversify their economy. If mining was to be included in this new, diversified economy, as the myth appears to suggest, we can reasonably infer that God Vishnu was none other than the Phoenician Cabeiri who had decided to extend their operations in America to include mining and manufacturing.
  God Vishnuâs representative on earth had to be none other than the Mexican deity Quetzalcoatl. I say this because Vishnuâs Vimana (modes of transportation) were an eagle and a raft of snakes. Quetzalcoatlâs Vimana were also an eagle and a raft of snakes. The eagle signified the ability of those ancient travellers to traverse long distances, heedless of obstacles. The raft of snakes was just the Phoenician Nagas on their ships, the prows of which resembled snakes and dragons.
  The following description of the worldâs first truly civilized race from India, the Nagas, was taken from the Encyclopedia Brittanica:
  Sanskrit NAGA ("serpent"), in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a member of a class of semidivine beings, half-human and half-serpentine. They are considered to be a strong, handsome race who can assume either human or wholly serpentine form. They are regarded as being potentially dangerous but in some ways are superior to humans. They live in an underground kingdom called Naga-loka, or Patala-loka, which is filled with resplendent palaces, beautifully ornamented with precious gems. Brahma is said to have relegated the nagas to the nether regions when they became too populous on earth and to have commanded them to bite only the truly evil or those destined to die prematurely. They are also associated with waters -- rivers, lakes, seas, and wells -- and are generally regarded as guardians of treasure. Three notable nagas are Shesa (or Ananta), who in the Hindu myth of creation is said to support Vishnu-Narayana as he lies on the cosmic ocean and on whom the created world rests; Vasuki, who was used as a churning rope to churn the cosmic ocean of milk; and Taksaka, the tribal chief of the snakes. In modern Hinduism the birth of the serpents is celebrated on Naga-pañcami in the month of Sravana (July-August).
    The female nagas (or nagis), according to tradition, are serpent princesses of striking beauty, and the dynasties of Manipur in northeastern India, the Pallavas in southern India, and the ruling family of Funan (ancient Indochina) traced their origin to the union of a human being and a nagi.
    In Buddhism, nagas are often represented as door guardians or, as in Tibet, as minor deities. The snake king Mucalinda, who sheltered the Buddha from rain for seven days while he was deep in meditation, is beautifully depicted in the 9th-13th century Mon-Khmer Buddhas of Siam and Cambodia. In Jainism, the Jaina Saviour (Tirthankara Parshvanatha) is always shown with a canopy of snake hoods above his head.
    In art, nagas are represented in a fully zoomorphic form, as hooded cobras but with from one to seven or more heads; as human beings with a many-hooded snake canopy over their heads; or as half human, with the lower part of their body below the navel coiled like a snake and a canopy of hoods over their heads. Often they are shown in postures of adoration as one of the major gods or heroes is shown accomplishing some miraculous feat before their eyes.
  The above description of the Nagas stated that because they had become too populous in India, they were sent to other parts of the world, especially to Patala. These Nagas were the ones who built the beautiful floating gardens in Kashmir. The Kashmiris produced the worldâs first great civilization, even antedating the Sumerians. They brought their expertise to America.
  Originally, the Asuras or Nagas were not only a civilized people, but a maritime power, and in the Mahabharata, where the ocean is described as their habitation, an ancient legend is preserved of how Kadru, the mother of serpents, compelled Garuda (the Eagle or Hawk) to serve her sons by transporting them across the sea to a beautiful country in a distant land, which was inhabited by Nagas, The Asuras (Nagas) were expert navigators who possessed very considerable naval resources and had founded colonies upon distant coasts." (The Encircled Serpent, by M. Oldfield, p. 47.)
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Patala was described in ancient Hindu mythology as a place of abundant water soaked in the ground, under it, above it, and falling from the sky. The Mexican Atlantis more than fits such a description.
  A Hindu myth states that the God Vishnu (just another name of Shiva) once went to Patala-Loka (The Underworld or America) to help the people recover from a huge flood which had destroyed their society. The myth states that a worldwide fire once reduced the surface of the earth to ashes. I have interpreted this part of the myth to mean that Man himself destroyed his environment through slash-and-burn farming, along with other unscientific agricultural practices.
  The God Vayu then blew huge rain clouds all over the earth, causing torrential rains to fall. After the rains had washed away the once-fertile topsoils in the Vera Cruz area, God Vishnu went there and fought a war with the demons who had caused this severe deluge. Then he drained away the excess water, causing the earth to rise above the water again. In other words, he just educated the natives in correct agricultural practices.
  Vishnu expressed his desire to reside on the Earth to protect its people. He commanded his vehicle, Garuda (a Divine Eagle) to fetch Kridachala (an extensive mountain chain with lofty peaks, embedded with gold and precious stones) to America. Although this part of the myth may be incomprehensible to many people, it just means that God Vishnu ordered the ancient Meso-Americans to diversify their economy. If mining was to be included in this new, diversified economy, as the myth appears to suggest, we can reasonably infer that God Vishnu was none other than the Phoenician Cabeiri who had decided to extend their operations in America to include mining and manufacturing.
  God Vishnuâs representative on earth had to be none other than the Mexican deity Quetzalcoatl. I say this because Vishnuâs Vimana (modes of transportation) were an eagle and a raft of snakes. Quetzalcoatlâs Vimana were also an eagle and a raft of snakes. The eagle signified the ability of those ancient travellers to traverse long distances, heedless of obstacles. The raft of snakes was just the Phoenician Nagas on their ships, the prows of which resembled snakes and dragons.
  The following description of the worldâs first truly civilized race from India, the Nagas, was taken from the Encyclopedia Brittanica:
  Sanskrit NAGA ("serpent"), in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a member of a class of semidivine beings, half-human and half-serpentine. They are considered to be a strong, handsome race who can assume either human or wholly serpentine form. They are regarded as being potentially dangerous but in some ways are superior to humans. They live in an underground kingdom called Naga-loka, or Patala-loka, which is filled with resplendent palaces, beautifully ornamented with precious gems. Brahma is said to have relegated the nagas to the nether regions when they became too populous on earth and to have commanded them to bite only the truly evil or those destined to die prematurely. They are also associated with waters -- rivers, lakes, seas, and wells -- and are generally regarded as guardians of treasure. Three notable nagas are Shesa (or Ananta), who in the Hindu myth of creation is said to support Vishnu-Narayana as he lies on the cosmic ocean and on whom the created world rests; Vasuki, who was used as a churning rope to churn the cosmic ocean of milk; and Taksaka, the tribal chief of the snakes. In modern Hinduism the birth of the serpents is celebrated on Naga-pañcami in the month of Sravana (July-August).
    The female nagas (or nagis), according to tradition, are serpent princesses of striking beauty, and the dynasties of Manipur in northeastern India, the Pallavas in southern India, and the ruling family of Funan (ancient Indochina) traced their origin to the union of a human being and a nagi.
    In Buddhism, nagas are often represented as door guardians or, as in Tibet, as minor deities. The snake king Mucalinda, who sheltered the Buddha from rain for seven days while he was deep in meditation, is beautifully depicted in the 9th-13th century Mon-Khmer Buddhas of Siam and Cambodia. In Jainism, the Jaina Saviour (Tirthankara Parshvanatha) is always shown with a canopy of snake hoods above his head.
    In art, nagas are represented in a fully zoomorphic form, as hooded cobras but with from one to seven or more heads; as human beings with a many-hooded snake canopy over their heads; or as half human, with the lower part of their body below the navel coiled like a snake and a canopy of hoods over their heads. Often they are shown in postures of adoration as one of the major gods or heroes is shown accomplishing some miraculous feat before their eyes.
  The above description of the Nagas stated that because they had become too populous in India, they were sent to other parts of the world, especially to Patala. These Nagas were the ones who built the beautiful floating gardens in Kashmir. The Kashmiris produced the worldâs first great civilization, even antedating the Sumerians. They brought their expertise to America.
  Originally, the Asuras or Nagas were not only a civilized people, but a maritime power, and in the Mahabharata, where the ocean is described as their habitation, an ancient legend is preserved of how Kadru, the mother of serpents, compelled Garuda (the Eagle or Hawk) to serve her sons by transporting them across the sea to a beautiful country in a distant land, which was inhabited by Nagas, The Asuras (Nagas) were expert navigators who possessed very considerable naval resources and had founded colonies upon distant coasts." (The Encircled Serpent, by M. Oldfield, p. 47.)
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