Aniruddhacharya
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Spiritual leader Aniruddhacharya, often known on the internet as "Pookie Baba", has made religious explanation for the origin of Australia that has now gone viral on social media.
A video on Instagram shows Aniruddhacharya explaining that Australia dates back to Ramayana, when Lord Rama defeated Ravana in Lanka.
In the video titled 'Reality of Australia', the spiritual leader says in Hindi, “When the battle of Ram-Ravan finished, swords were left behind because the soldiers were killed, the people of Lanka were killed."
He continues to say that crores of people died during the war, including one lakh sons and nearly one and a quarter lakh grandchildren of Ravana. He continued, “Think about it. One lakh sons of Ravan, one and a half lakh grandchildren of Ravan, and soldiers of Ravan were there? All the soldiers were killed. So everyone’s swords, everyone’s weapons, went into the garbage, didn’t it?"
'Australia was Astralay'
Aniruddhacharya goes on to mention that a massive pile of weapons was created in Lanka after the war, adding that Lord Rama was worried about Ravana or Meghnath's sword could be misused.
"Ram ji asked his army to keep the weapons at that place. So, when they kept the weapons at the armoury, that came to be known as Australia," he explained.
Social media reacts
The video, which has over 7 million views saw the comments section being flooded with sarcastic jibes.
One user said, “Tabhi main soch raha hun ki Australia wale cricketers bat ko talwar ki tarah chalate hai jaise Ramayan mein talwarein chalti thi."
“Ek din Ram ne Hanuman ko bola JaPan leke aa," another joked.
Another comment said, “Justice For Australia."
“Ab wahi astra Travis head ko mil gya hai baba," a user said, referring to Australian opener Travis Head.
Another added, ‘Aur iPhone Ka Aavishkaar Newton Ne Kia’.