Ancient Vimana Discovered in Secret Underground Chamber? Srirangam Temple, India

The word Vimana is Sanskrit and has multiple meanings, from the ‘palace of an emperor or a god’ to a ‘vehicle’. Today, the word means aircraft.

The predecessors of the flying vimanas in the Sanskrit epics are the flying chariots employed by various gods in the Vedas: The Sun and Indra and various other Vedic deities are carried by flying wheeled chariots made to be drawn by animals, usually horses or birds.

The Vimanas are described in the Mahabharata, giving the measurements for one of them. It is described as having twelve cubits in circumference with four strong wheels that are approximately 20 to 25 feet in circumference; about seven feet in diameter.