Ancient Vishnu Temple at Humayun Tomb Site

A photo at right is of 'Vishnu's footprints at Humayun Tomb is reproduced from page 78 of 'The World of Ancient India' English shows that the site where the so called Humayun Tomb stands today was the site of an ancient Vishnu Temple. The book 'World of Ancient India' was translated from Dr. Gustave Le Bon's original French work by the name 'Les Monuments de L'Inde' published in Paris in 1893. The English Translation was published by David Macrae, Tudor Publishing Co., (New York) in 1974. 'Vishnu Pada' (विष्णुपद) or 'Vishnu Charan' (विष्णुचरण) temples are significant in context of the legend that Vishnu in the form of Vamana strode across the world and planted his feet at three sites on earth.

Dr. Gustave Le Bon writes that the site of the Humayun Tomb was the site of an ancient Vishnu Temple. Here is the photograph of the Vishnu footprint slab that had still survived until 1893 at the Humayun Tomb site. The photograph was captioned in the French version and then translated in 'The World of Ancient India' as 'Vishnu's Footprints at Humayun Tomb'.

This photo proves that the so-called Humayun mausoleum is an ancient Hindu temple palace. Inquiries with archaeologists in Delhi drew a blank They have never seen these footprints, which indicates that they are heir to a lot of non-information and mis-information. Humayun is not at all buried in Delhi. According to Farishta’s chronicle (English translation by John Briggs, Vol. II, page 174) Humayun is buried in Agra, while according to Abul Fazal (Elliot & Dowson, Vol. VI, page 22) Humayun lies buried in Sirhind.

Top left photo are of ancient temple pillars were used as construction material.pillars taken from destructed Hindu Temples
and used for construction of Humayun Tomb.One can notice that the pillars were placed upside down in this ‘canopy structure‘ by the artisans in Mughal era.

Bottom left photo of the white quartz structure which is a remnant of the ancient temple is far more eroded than the red-sandstone rectangular structure dating to Mughal times. Sandstone erodes faster than quartz. The fact that the sandstone piece is in better shape than the quartz structure proves that the quartz pillars
are much older than the sandstone piece.

So, an ancient Vishnu temple was destroyed and made to look like a tomb.