Mysterious Lake Tere-Khol Bashny.Net

Tere-Khol - one of the most beautiful and mysterious lakes in Siberia. Over the years it has attracted the attention of not only tourists, but also archaeologists. Here is the old citadel, probably belonging to the ancient Buddhist. Photos and history of the lake in the continuation of the post!





Almost on the border with Mongolia, south-east of Tuva, at an altitude of 1300 meters there is one of the most beautiful and mysterious places simultaneously Siberia - Lake Tere-Khol.



Ruins of clay fortress on the island of Port-Bazhyn over for hundreds of years are of interest of scientists. Citadel is a regular rectangle with a confusing maze of buildings that resemble Buddhist mandala (sacred diagrammatic representation or design, used in Buddhist and Hindu religious practices).
Studies historians and archaeologists have shown that the fortress was built in the VIII century, the Uighurs, joined in time to his Kaganate south of Tuva and Sayan-Altai territory. However, later this conclusion is not moved. The subject of the dispute is still the destination of architectural buildings, the remains of which have been preserved on the island. These buildings can be attributed to the palace complex, and to the temple.



Back in the 50s of XX century, participants archaeological expedition discovered the island fragments aqueduct - perhaps one of the oldest on the planet. The walls of the complex fortifications were covered with intricate characters that are installed later had an important esoteric meaning and in many ways resembled the characters found in the ancient cities of the Maya civilization .... At the beginning of this millennium Irkutsk researcher Igor Vladislavovich Berdnikov speculated that the construction of the temple complex Por-Bajin reproduced map of the sky, as if mimicking the contours of the zodiacal constellations. This led scientists to think that the island was once an ancient observatory.



It is a fortress Por-Bajin local population due legend of underground tunnels, which you can get around the whole earth, and in which, supposedly, a huge treasure hidden rulers - the founders of the once mighty Uyghur Khaganate. Indeed, in the last century in the study of the mysterious island of archaeologists stumbled at times and littered with dilapidated entrance to the cave, to get into that have not yet managed to anyone. According to scientists, the fortress was killed in the raid of the enemy in the middle of the XVIII century, and its inhabitants, shortly before his death, had hidden wealth in underground hiding places.



For centuries, tribal elders who lived along the shores of Lake Tere-Khol, claimed that the island is situated north of the famous gates of Shambhala. Local legends abound with reports of mysterious stranger "in a beautiful sparkling dress", coming from the side of the island and to predict the fate of their people, but also warns against hasty and risky behavior. Legend has it that until the middle of X century shamans, felt the approach of imminent death, there was a ceremony when they got into the canoe and swam to the island forever.



In 1970-1980-ies on the lake fishing artel existed, workers who have repeatedly witnessed unexplained phenomena.
In particular, the summer of 1981 the boat in which sat a fisherman Donzum Mongouch-ool, on a clear windless weather was picked up suddenly arose a whirlpool. Within minutes, the fisherman brought to the island and with the wooden vessel was cast into a dark cave, goes deep into the Tere-Khol and half-filled with water. Suddenly, somewhere far inside the grotto dawned milky white light increases with each passing second. Against the background of his radiance began to appear silhouettes that if hovering in the air. At the same time some unknown force to pull the beginning fisherman inside the grotto.
Recovering himself, Donzum began feverishly working the oars, and soon emerged on the mirror smooth surface of the lake.