Thangarajan Gowthaman,
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| Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue |
Genghis Khan asked to be buried without markings or any sign. He asked to be buried with his six cats while they were alive so their purs can guide him to the afterlife to the land under the big blue sky. After he died, his body was returned to Mongolia and presumably to his birthplace in the Khentii Aimag, where many assume he is buried somewhere close to the Onon River. According to one legend, the funeral escort killed anyone and anything that crossed their path, in order to conceal where he was finally buried.After the tomb was completed, the slaves who built it were massacred, and then the soldiers who killed them were also killed.The Genghis Khan Mausoleum is his memorial, but not his burial site. Folklore says that a river was diverted over his grave to make it impossible to find (echoing the manner of burial of the Sumerian King Gilgamesh of Uruk or of the Visigoth leader Alaric).Other tales state that his grave was stampeded over by many horses, that trees were then planted over the site, and the permafrost also played its part in the hiding of the burial site.The Erdeni Tobchi (1662) claims that Genghis Khan's coffin may have been empty when it arrived in Mongolia. Similarly, the Altan Tobchi (1604) maintains that only his shirt, tent and boots were buried in the Ordos (Ratchnevsky, p. 143f.). Turnbull (2003, p. 24) tells another legend in which the grave was re-discovered 30 years after Genghis Khan's death. According to this tale, a young camel was buried with the Khan, and the camel's mother was later found weeping at the grave of its young.
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| The Onon River, a site where Temüjin was born and grew up. |
One in every 200 men are hereditary relatives of Genghis Khan, one of history’s greatest commanders. From a small tribe, he grew the Mongolian Empire. And his resting place is completely unknown, as dictated by Mongolian traditions. When a tomb is completely undisturbed, there is protection for the soul. Legend has it, 800 soldiers massacred all 2,000 people at his funeral before killing themselves. The ground was then trampled by horses for several months. Finally, a river diverted over it to hide the tomb’s location. Dr. Albert Yu-Min Lin of the University of California is leading a crowd sourcing effort, investigating over 84,000 images utilizing drone-aircraft technology. Around 10,000 volunteers have surveyed more than 2,300 square miles. The search is now down to 55 archaeological sites. The body is likely near the sacred Mongolian mountain “Burkhan Khaldun”, near Genghis Khan’s birthplace. At any rate, this mystery should solve itself before the end of the century.
Source : Wikipedia,Sharphumor
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