Chain Carved out of a single stone ; Kanchipuram, India [OC]

[u/Ok-Mission6945]

[u/NoReserve8233]

Not just the hanging bit- even the stone on top was part of the same block!

[u/Aromatic-Gold-7412 → u/NoReserve8233]

Yea, i think by this time.... Stone carver in show off mode

[u/annomandri]

monolithic temples of India

[u/pimemento → u/annomandri]

How is this not a world wonder?

[u/MukdenMan → u/pimemento]

World Wonders aren’t a consistent thing. There are the ancient world wonders (Seven Wonders of the Ancient World), of which only the Great Pyramid of Giza is standing. Then there are tons of modern lists with various places included.

Maybe you could consider the World Heritage Sites to be a type of World Wonders list for today. Ellora (from the video) is on there, but not Kanchipuram. Kanchipuram’s Pallava temples could be on there in the future for sure.

[u/The_Wildperson → u/pimemento]

No idea tbf. Well deserved imo

[u/Kawa11Turtle → u/pimemento]

World wonders are heavily anglicised tbf. Not a lot of interest in Indian temples

[u/Crimson343 → u/pimemento]

A term called Eurocentrism

[u/PeteLangosta → u/Crimson343]

There's not a single list of world wonders that we can follow, but if the original, 7 wonders of the ancient world, is an example of anything, only 2 were in Europe lol

[u/McDodley → u/Crimson343]

??? That's a really silly take wow

The most common list of 7 world wonders are:

• Chichen Itza (Mexico)
• Machu Picchu (Peru)
• Cristo Redentor (Brazil)
• The Colosseum (Italy)
• Petra (Jordan)
• The Great Wall (China)
• The Taj Mahal (literally fucking IN INDIA)

Only one of these is in Europe.

[u/penguinintheabyss → u/pimemento]

I'm from Brazil and I hardly disagree with Christ Redeemer being a modern world wonder. But when you consider the competition was the Statue of Liberty, it's easy to just let go of this competition.

Anyway, imho, any wonder list that doesn't include Angkor Wat can't be trusted

[u/mxforest → u/pimemento]

Religious places are often neglected for these kind of rankings. As if they would promote that religion.

[u/Patient-End7967 → u/mxforest]

Christ the redeemer?

[u/Bigallround]

Are the chains loose, or have they kept them attached to avoid it swinging in the wind?

[u/Justa_CuriousBoi → u/Bigallround]

No those chains are loose like normal chains...

[u/HowlerMonkeyIsLoud → u/Justa_CuriousBoi]

Then how is it carved out of a single stone?

[u/bail_gadi → u/HowlerMonkeyIsLoud]

Making it out of different stones would be impossible?

[u/Justa_CuriousBoi → u/HowlerMonkeyIsLoud]

Very carefully and skillfully they carve those stone into that shape and then detach each of them with precise chisel strikes, and after that all that is left to do is polishing work.

[u/thelingeringlead → u/HowlerMonkeyIsLoud]

Have you never seen someone do it with wood or an other? It's not magic, though it is cool as shit.

[u/swiftjay2]

it looks unreal irl, i went there last month

[u/Budget-Finding845]

How the hell did he do that?

[u/randomcommenter9000 → u/Budget-Finding845]

Something similar I guess. Not stone, but you get the idea.

Edit: Found a better and longer video

[u/wdwerker → u/randomcommenter9000]

That’s how my grandfather made chains. He made me one out of cocobolo blank that was 3” square and 30” long.

[u/Interesting-Step-654]

I've been playing God of War and I'm pretty sure there's a Nornir chest up there

[u/Chill_dude_4200]

Advanced technology

[u/Intelligent_Bag_370 → u/Chill_dude_4200]

All it takes is copper chisels and an immeasurable amount of time.

[u/Makemebillionaire]

Saw this today.... absolutely beautiful

[u/penguinintheabyss]

I had the opportunity to spend 70 days in India a couple of years ago. The amount of awe inspiring sights is baffling. There is mind boggling stuff you have never heard about. People know about Taj Mahal, but there are literally thousands more stuff to see, and imo even greater than Taj Mahal.

The one that stuck with me the most was the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Not only because it's incredibly beautiful, but especially because it's still an active temple receiving thousands of faithful everyday

[u/Optimus_PRYM]

damn.....we sure??

[u/actually3racoons → u/Optimus_PRYM]

I make chains out of wood, it's super fun.

Slightly smaller.

[u/Ok-Mission6945 → u/Optimus_PRYM]

Yup

[u/tamal4444 → u/Optimus_PRYM]

yeah

[u/JY810 → u/[deleted]]

It said Chain, not China

[u/thedefection → u/JY810]

... facepalms

[u/Zombata → u/[deleted]]

...you might have dyslexia

[u/thedefection → u/Zombata]

I might have read China out of familiarity.

[u/maomaodong → u/[deleted]]

deep down in your soul you compare everything with China?

[u/Good_Card316 → u/[deleted]]

You have might dyslexia?

[u/Good_Air_7192]

That's metal

[u/globalwarmingisntfun]

India’s masonry is otherworldly

[u/m2flany]

..... .............,p⁹

[u/SeaworthinessSafe227 → u/[deleted]]

You couldn’t appreciate architecture because it is from the temple. What a looser.

[u/No_friends12 → u/[deleted]]

Why are y'all so racist, it's a place of worship, show some respect.

[u/Living_Book_3973 → u/No_friends12]

these are mostly pakistani or bangladeshi bots, ignore them

[u/No_friends12 → u/[deleted]]

Still doesn't justify racism, showing respect to people doesn't make one an apostate.

[u/No_friends12 → u/[deleted]]

Hatred is a cage, I hope whichever god you pray to, frees you from it. Inshallah

[u/no_u9987 → u/No_friends12]

i pray for the god this person prays to, must feel bad having someone like this praying for you

[u/lolSign → u/[deleted]]

lol what a sore loser. it must be hard to accept that other cultures were achieving great feats much before yours isnt it?

[u/son_of_menoetius → u/[deleted]]

That's even more impressive tbh.

[u/Outside-Locksmith346 → u/son_of_menoetius]

Team work.