ASTRALAYA [store house of weapons ] NOW CALLED AUSTRALIA

ASTRALAYA [store house of weapons ] NOW CALLED AUSTRALIA !!Just as Himalay = Him + 

Alay, meaning the home of Ice in Sanskrit, similarly, this temple of Astra was 

called Astralaya, which in time, degenerated to Australia.

It is possible that a structure mentioned in the Indian Scripture, the Ramayana, is really the Gympie Pyramid located close to Brisbane in Australia.

'Goddess' Sita, the wife of the Vedic 'god' Lord Rama is abducted by the (Sri) Lankan Celestial ruler Ravana. Plans are made to send search parties in four directions. As the strategy is devised, Sage Valmiki, the author, describes the route that each of the parties is instructed to take in their search for Sita. Of the places mentioned along the route that the search party headed east of India is to take, the first one that is easily identifiable is Java. It is referred to as 'Yava Dvipam' (or the Yava Island). Here is the actual verse from the Valmiki Ramayana (4-40-30).

यत्नवन्तो यव द्वीपम् सप्त राज्य उपशोभितम् |
सुवर्ण रूप्यकम् द्वीपम् सुवर्ण आकर मण्डितम् || 4-40-30

Found were two figurines one Ganesha and one Mahadevi [ Parvati] ...and in Ramayana the island mentioned in the verse is most probably in the region where the Fraser Island because immediately following the verse about the 'Shalmali tree on an island', comes the mention of 'a gigantic, peak like structure' resembling 'Kailasha'. (Verse 4-40-40). This structure is the Gympie Pyramid!

The peak like structure, says the Ramayana, was built by Vishwakarma, a 'celestial' architect, responsible for the construction of many gigantic cities and structures (probably the megaliths) around the world. The Ramayana also says that the structure or the mansion belongs to 'Garuda', the offspring of 'Vinata'. (The Kailasha is a peak in the Himalayan Range, and is a pilgrimage point for Hindus to this day). Here is the verse:


गृहम् च वैनतेयस्य नाना रत्न विभूषितम् |
तत्र कैलास संकाशम् विहितम् विश्वकर्मणा || ४-४०-४०

(There built by Vishwakarma, peak like, gigantic, resembling Kailasha, is the mansion of Vinata's offspring.) 4-40-40

The only land that one can reach after crossing an ocean further east of Java and Indonesia is Australia and the Polynesian Islands beyond it, and the structure is possibly the Gympie Pyramid unless there is another 'peak' like ancient structure in this huge area. The Gympie pyramid site in Queensland is about 120 Km away from Fraser island. The author then says that after one passes this gigantic structure, one will see a shore which is white and shaped like a necklace. This is probably the coast off the shores of Brisbane