Mahabharata's well known archer the Immortal Ashwatthama
Mahabharat Mystery: There is a mystery associated with Ashwatthama seems still unsolved. Hindu mythological texts say Ashwathama is immortal and still searching for his cure on earth.
Mahabharat Mystery: In accordance with the Sanathani scriptures, it is believed that due to a curse, Ashwatthama is still alive and is mysteriously present on earth.
Mahabharat Mystery: There are some characters of Mahabharata period with whom such popular stories of mystery and adventure are associated, as the subject of people’s curiosity. Even after thousands of years have passed, the research on these characters of Mahabharata is going on. One such character is of Ashwatthama who was well known archer Dronacharya’s son.
It is believed that due to a curse, Ashwatthama is still alive and is mysteriously present on earth. The immortality that science is searching for today, the stories of that immortality are already present in the scriptures of Hinduism. The legends related to Ashwatthama and the stories related to the evidence of Ashwatthama’s survival in Kalyug, is still an unsolved mystery.
Ashwatthama was cursed
The context of Ashwatthama in Mahabharata is very interesting. Ashwatthama was the son of Guru Dronacharya. When Dronacharya was continuously destroying the Pandava army and it looked impossible to stop him, the Pandavas killed Dronacharya by spreading false news of Ashwatthama’s death.
When Ashwatthama came to know about this, he decided to take revenge from the Pandavas at that very moment. After that Ashwatthama killed five sons of Pandavas.
Enraged by this, Lord Shri Krishna gave him a wound on his forehead and cursed him that he would keep wandering from door to door until his wound was healed. But along with the curse, he also said that no doctor in the whole world would be able to cure it.
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Claims related to Ashwatthama
Men like Ashwatthama have been mentioned in many civilizations of the world since ancient times. Even in Greek civilization, there is a mentioning of of such an elderly person who used to teach arms and weapons to people a few hundred years ago.
He is said to be seen in Tibet too
Similarly, in the area of Tibet too, some people had claimed of a person who was seen with an injury like Ashwatthama has. Recently, some people have claimed to have seen an elderly man with an imaginary image of Ashwatthama in a ruined fort of Madhya Pradesh. This man was seen asking him for medicine and herbs to heal his wounds.
Airgarh Fort also associated with his presence
It is believed that this is the fort of Asirgarh in Madhya Pradesh, in which Ashwatthama still comes to worship Lord Shiva. Apart from this, people talk about the appearance of Ashwatthama from different corners of the country as well as the world. It is believed that he is immortal until his wound heals. Thus mystery still continues.
