Gobekli Tepe - one of the oldest temple ever found carbon dates to 11000 years old and as per Graham the deluge also happened 11000 years back..
First let's look at the etymology of the word "temple".
As per the online etymological dictionary its derived from Latin word tempulam or tempura
However both of these trace back to Tamil.. here we go..
Then (Southern) + Pulam (place) --> Tenpulam --> Tempulam --> Temple
Then (Southern) + Puram(direction)--> Tempuram --> Tempura
In both cases, it means place of worship pointing to Southern direction.
A proof of this is the world famous Tamil literature called Thirukural which has the following versus
"Thenpulathar deivam virunthokkal thanenrangu
Aimbulathar ombai thalai"
Which means the foremost duty of family life is to serve duly the following: Ancestors, God, guests, kindred and oneself.
Here the word "Thenpulathar" means Ancestors.
Ref : Dr.Pandian etymological analysis on "Origin of temple" : [youtu.be]
Then the word Gobekli Tepe
Go (Cow) + Veli (plains) + Thoppai (Belly) --> Gobekli Tepe.
Which means Cow grazing belly like terrains.
We have similar words in Tamil like Manthaiveli (which is still an area in Chennai) which is derived from Manthai(cattle) + Veli(plains) means cattle grazing plains.
The Tamil cultural link also helps us to decode the T shaped structures in the center of the structure.
It's a common practice followed in Tamilnadu/India that they pay their respects to their deceased elders on newmoon days. People travel all the way to the Southern tip of Indian subcontinent called Kanyakumari to pay respects to their deceased family elders. Such a trip is called Yathra in Tamil which has got derived from
Ya (South) + tharai (ground) --> Yathari-->Yathra.
The key element in the above description is the direction of South.
Dr.Pandian in his video given above has noted that these T shapes are pointing to the North North West and South South East direction.
A report by Andrew Collins analyses the orientation of the Enclosures.
[www.andrewcollins.com]
From the report :
Identifying the potential stellar targets of the twin pillars in the various enclosures is hugely important, for it could reveal two very significant pieces of information. Firstly, it can allow us to better understand the cosmological beliefs and practices of the Göbekli builders and, more importantly, it might well offer potential construction dates for the various enclosures due to the effects of precession (again, below).
Establishing the orientations of the enclosures' central pillars was put to chartered engineer Rodney Hale, who for the past fifteen years has made a detailed study of stellar alignments at prehistoric and sacred sites around the world. He examined published and unpublished survey plans of the monuments at Göbekli Tepe and determined that the central pillars in Enclosures B, C, D and E (the "Felsentempel", or "rock temple", located to the west of the main group) are all aligned just west of north, and, equally, just east of south, in the following manner:
Enclosure B 337°/157°
Enclosure C 345°/165°
Enclosure D 353°/173°
Enclosure E 350°/170°
The twin pillars marking the entrance to an apse-like feature at the northern end of Enclosure A were turned much further west. Indeed, they were orientated 312°/132°, just three degrees off northwest-southeast.
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North or South ??
In fact, there is a fundamental problem in even assuming that the enclosures face south, for even though the central monoliths are all turned in this direction, there is no reason to assume they are observing the southern sky-line. More likely is that they face the entrant approaching from the south, in the same way that statues in churches face the entrant approaching the high altar. Church altars are placed in the east, since this is the direction of heaven in Christian tradition. Just because Jesus or the Virgin Mary face in the opposite direction doesn't mean they are gazing out towards the western sky-line.
In Göbekli Tepe's case, if its enclosures did have a high altar, it would have been in the north, the direction of darkness, where the sun never rises. It is, however, the direction of the celestial pole, the turned point of the heavens. Northerly orientations of early Neolithic cult buildings have been determined in Anatolia at Çayönü, Nevali Çori, and Hallan Cemi. Thus it seems likely that Göbekli Tepe's enclosures are oriented towards the north, not the south. Indeed, the T-shaped termination of Enclosure D's eastern central pillar is tilted downwards in order to greet the entrant, like some kind of god-king receiving his subjects.
Assuming that Göbekli Tepe's central pillars face south without taking into account the significance the north plays in Anatolia's early Neolithic tradition, and even later among the Sabian inhabitants of Harran, the city down on the Harran plain, overlooked even today by Göbekli Tepe, would be very foolish indeed. With this in mind, Hale now turned his attentions to the northern sky to identify any potential stellar targets here.
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The confusion for Andrew Collins here because they couldn't find any reason for the enclosures pointing to the Southern direction..
Now Dr.Pandian's video comes handy, if we draw a line from these enclosures in these precessions, interestingly they all point to the direction of South which is the location of Kumari Kandam/Lemuria in the Indian Ocean.
Post the deluge these people have migrated to Anatolia (then Turkey) and might have gathered to pay respects to their ancestors who were the deluge victims (as practised in Tamilnadu today) and hence the T-shaped structures are pointing to South. The place being called a "temple" also confirms the same which refers to Southern place. The T shapes represent worshipping humans - another closer observation of the T-shapes show that they are human figurines the hands joined in a praying position facing South and have a loin cloth, also the animal structures seem to resemble the constellations. Also the elongated animal which is described as fox like structure resembles more of a dragon in my opinion.
These are some proof that these structures wouldn't have been built by hunter gatherers but by an advanced civilization who knew weaving, who were cognizant of cosmic alignments and had great architecture skills which is none other than Kumari Kandan (refer to my other post on Etymology of Atlantis and Lemuria)
Also the district headquarters where Gobekli Tepe is located was called as Adiyaman which is pure Tamil name and an ancient Tamil king existed by the name Adiyaman. It's another proof that people who built Gobekli Tepe must have migrated from Kumari Kandam to escape from the deluge.
First let's look at the etymology of the word "temple".
As per the online etymological dictionary its derived from Latin word tempulam or tempura
However both of these trace back to Tamil.. here we go..
Then (Southern) + Pulam (place) --> Tenpulam --> Tempulam --> Temple
Then (Southern) + Puram(direction)--> Tempuram --> Tempura
In both cases, it means place of worship pointing to Southern direction.
A proof of this is the world famous Tamil literature called Thirukural which has the following versus
"Thenpulathar deivam virunthokkal thanenrangu
Aimbulathar ombai thalai"
Which means the foremost duty of family life is to serve duly the following: Ancestors, God, guests, kindred and oneself.
Here the word "Thenpulathar" means Ancestors.
Ref : Dr.Pandian etymological analysis on "Origin of temple" : [youtu.be]
Then the word Gobekli Tepe
Go (Cow) + Veli (plains) + Thoppai (Belly) --> Gobekli Tepe.
Which means Cow grazing belly like terrains.
We have similar words in Tamil like Manthaiveli (which is still an area in Chennai) which is derived from Manthai(cattle) + Veli(plains) means cattle grazing plains.
The Tamil cultural link also helps us to decode the T shaped structures in the center of the structure.
It's a common practice followed in Tamilnadu/India that they pay their respects to their deceased elders on newmoon days. People travel all the way to the Southern tip of Indian subcontinent called Kanyakumari to pay respects to their deceased family elders. Such a trip is called Yathra in Tamil which has got derived from
Ya (South) + tharai (ground) --> Yathari-->Yathra.
The key element in the above description is the direction of South.
Dr.Pandian in his video given above has noted that these T shapes are pointing to the North North West and South South East direction.
A report by Andrew Collins analyses the orientation of the Enclosures.
[www.andrewcollins.com]
From the report :
Identifying the potential stellar targets of the twin pillars in the various enclosures is hugely important, for it could reveal two very significant pieces of information. Firstly, it can allow us to better understand the cosmological beliefs and practices of the Göbekli builders and, more importantly, it might well offer potential construction dates for the various enclosures due to the effects of precession (again, below).
Establishing the orientations of the enclosures' central pillars was put to chartered engineer Rodney Hale, who for the past fifteen years has made a detailed study of stellar alignments at prehistoric and sacred sites around the world. He examined published and unpublished survey plans of the monuments at Göbekli Tepe and determined that the central pillars in Enclosures B, C, D and E (the "Felsentempel", or "rock temple", located to the west of the main group) are all aligned just west of north, and, equally, just east of south, in the following manner:
Enclosure B 337°/157°
Enclosure C 345°/165°
Enclosure D 353°/173°
Enclosure E 350°/170°
The twin pillars marking the entrance to an apse-like feature at the northern end of Enclosure A were turned much further west. Indeed, they were orientated 312°/132°, just three degrees off northwest-southeast.
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North or South ??
In fact, there is a fundamental problem in even assuming that the enclosures face south, for even though the central monoliths are all turned in this direction, there is no reason to assume they are observing the southern sky-line. More likely is that they face the entrant approaching from the south, in the same way that statues in churches face the entrant approaching the high altar. Church altars are placed in the east, since this is the direction of heaven in Christian tradition. Just because Jesus or the Virgin Mary face in the opposite direction doesn't mean they are gazing out towards the western sky-line.
In Göbekli Tepe's case, if its enclosures did have a high altar, it would have been in the north, the direction of darkness, where the sun never rises. It is, however, the direction of the celestial pole, the turned point of the heavens. Northerly orientations of early Neolithic cult buildings have been determined in Anatolia at Çayönü, Nevali Çori, and Hallan Cemi. Thus it seems likely that Göbekli Tepe's enclosures are oriented towards the north, not the south. Indeed, the T-shaped termination of Enclosure D's eastern central pillar is tilted downwards in order to greet the entrant, like some kind of god-king receiving his subjects.
Assuming that Göbekli Tepe's central pillars face south without taking into account the significance the north plays in Anatolia's early Neolithic tradition, and even later among the Sabian inhabitants of Harran, the city down on the Harran plain, overlooked even today by Göbekli Tepe, would be very foolish indeed. With this in mind, Hale now turned his attentions to the northern sky to identify any potential stellar targets here.
******************************************
The confusion for Andrew Collins here because they couldn't find any reason for the enclosures pointing to the Southern direction..
Now Dr.Pandian's video comes handy, if we draw a line from these enclosures in these precessions, interestingly they all point to the direction of South which is the location of Kumari Kandam/Lemuria in the Indian Ocean.
Post the deluge these people have migrated to Anatolia (then Turkey) and might have gathered to pay respects to their ancestors who were the deluge victims (as practised in Tamilnadu today) and hence the T-shaped structures are pointing to South. The place being called a "temple" also confirms the same which refers to Southern place. The T shapes represent worshipping humans - another closer observation of the T-shapes show that they are human figurines the hands joined in a praying position facing South and have a loin cloth, also the animal structures seem to resemble the constellations. Also the elongated animal which is described as fox like structure resembles more of a dragon in my opinion.
These are some proof that these structures wouldn't have been built by hunter gatherers but by an advanced civilization who knew weaving, who were cognizant of cosmic alignments and had great architecture skills which is none other than Kumari Kandan (refer to my other post on Etymology of Atlantis and Lemuria)
Also the district headquarters where Gobekli Tepe is located was called as Adiyaman which is pure Tamil name and an ancient Tamil king existed by the name Adiyaman. It's another proof that people who built Gobekli Tepe must have migrated from Kumari Kandam to escape from the deluge.