मुंबईत कांदिवली आणि मालाड पूर्वेस त्यांच्या सीमा एकत्र येतात त्याठिकाणी सुमारे २०० वर्षांपूर्वी मुंबईतील प्राचीन लेणी अस्तित्त्वात होती. मात्र ब्रिटिशांना दक्षिण मुंबईची उभारणी करताना इमारतींचे बांधकामही करायचे होते. त्या इमारतींच्या उभारणीसाठी मालाडहून चांगल्या प्रतीचा दगड आणण्यात आला. म्हणूनच त्याला 'मालाड स्टोन' असे म्हटले जाते. दक्षिण मुंबईतील बहुसंख्य हेरिटेज इमारती याच 'मालाड स्टोन'मधील आहेत. मालाडहून हा दगड आणताना या लेणी ज्या डोंगरावर होत्या, तोच कापून काढण्यात आला. आता शिल्लक आहे ते केवळ एक टेकाड!
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00:00 When Lord Indra saw the leni from outside, he noticed that there were some broken things around it.
00:07 If you look at the front side of the leni, you can see the leni of Kanheri clearly.
00:16 In one of the inscriptions in the leni, there is an inscription "Siddha Musala"
00:22 It is mentioned that every Gautama Buddha worships him and gives him the initiation of the Buddha.
00:29 [Music]
00:43 Namaskar, I am Vinayak Parabdhe and I am here with the second episode of Lok Satta Ghost Mumbai.
00:47 In this second episode, we have explored the ancient history of Mumbai.
00:52 We have visited different places.
00:55 We visited Nala Soparai, Binar and from there we started our journey.
00:59 We visited Kandivli and we also visited the Koisar river.
01:03 We wanted to explore the Ashmayugin Madhava and his Paul Khun.
01:08 Today, we are here again.
01:10 We are at the place where Malad and Kandivli meet and are located at the border.
01:17 We will explore the ancient leni in Mumbai.
01:23 [Music]
01:43 While exploring the ancient history of Mumbai, we reached Virar.
01:47 We understood the reason behind the ancient leni in Virar.
01:58 The present Mumbai border ends at Dahisar.
02:03 If we talk about the present Mumbai, it starts from Dahisar on the left and ends at Purva Upanagar on the right.
02:13 It goes all the way to South Mumbai.
02:16 If we talk about the present Mumbai, we might get different answers to the question of where are the ancient leni in Mumbai.
02:27 We all know that in Kandivli, we see 110 leni.
02:34 Many people think that the 110 leni in Kandivli is the ancient leni.
02:40 But it is not so.
02:42 If we talk about the present Mumbai, we see the leni in Mahakali, Jogeshwari, Borivali, and Mandapeshwar.
02:52 But how do we know which leni is the ancient leni?
02:58 Researchers have been exploring this question.
03:00 We have come to the place where the ancient leni in Mumbai was located.
03:08 But can we see the ancient leni now? No, we can't.
03:12 We can see the metro station on one side and the Sai complex on the other side.
03:22 It is the sports authority of India complex.
03:24 We can see the mountain range from there.
03:28 The ancient leni in Mumbai was present on this mountain.
03:36 I said that the ancient leni was present, but it is not present today.
03:42 So where do we get the information about the leni?
03:44 What was the name of this leni?
03:46 The name of this leni was Padan leni.
03:50 Now we should also find out if the word Padan has any meaning.
03:54 When the word Padan is used in Gujarati, it means the place where cows and horses are tied.
04:02 In Marathi, we call it Padau.
04:06 But in history, the name of this leni was Padan leni.
04:12 As I said, where I am standing now,
04:14 I am standing at the same place where Kandivli and Maladla starts.
04:26 And on the same place where I am standing, the ancient leni of Padan was present.
04:32 Where do we get the information about this leni?
04:36 We can see that in the earlier part, we had mentioned about the Buddhist temple of Nala Soparai.
04:42 And the famous ancient sage Bhagwan Indraji had visited this place.
04:48 In the last part of the Shodanibandha, we find the mention of Padan leni.
04:56 Bhagwan Indraji gave the leni to the leni.
05:00 He saw the leni from outside and made some predictions about its nature.
05:04 At that time, he noticed that there were some carved objects around it.
05:10 And he saw very small carvings of one or two sides.
05:16 When Bhagwan Indraji came here, he made these predictions.
05:20 These predictions are very important for us today.
05:23 Because we are aware that this leni is not present with us today.
05:28 Bhagwan Indraji wrote that the padan leni, the big hill,
05:34 starts from Akurli village on one side.
05:37 The hill you see here and the Akurli village on the other side.
05:42 The village named Kurar is situated on the southern side of the hill.
05:46 The village is still present today.
05:48 But what happened during this period?
05:50 The large portion of the hill was cut down.
05:54 So, we can see that the large stone, which is called Malad stone,
06:03 was brought here from the Nela.
06:06 The Malad stone was made using the old buildings of Mumbai.
06:14 The stone was brought here from the same padan hill in south Mumbai.
06:21 Bhagwan Indraji also said that if you look at the leni from the east,
06:28 you can see the Kanheri leni very clearly.
06:33 The leni on the west side of Kanheri is clearly visible from the padan hill.
06:41 This is the research that Bhagwan Indraji has done.
06:46 When he came here, he noticed that there are three lenis.
06:51 One of them is of medium size and the other is of large size.
06:56 But it was not used for a long time.
07:00 So, a large piece of soil was sitting on the leni.
07:05 Only one person could have entered the leni and go inside.
07:10 There was only this much space.
07:12 He tried to enter the leni but Bhagwan Indraji could not.
07:17 If he had gone inside, we would have got an idea whether the leni was used or not.
07:29 But according to Bhagwan Indraji, there were 11 different symbols on the leni.
07:47 And one or two small stones were visible.
07:51 Bhagwan Indraji had seen cow and buffalo feet, human feet, etc.
08:04 So, Bhagwan Indraji says that this leni was used by the Hindus in the beginning.
08:13 The reason is that one small stone is visible and it is associated with Buddhism.
08:22 Apart from this, the three ratna or dhamma chakra was also visible.
08:28 But apart from this, the shankha and some Hindu symbols were also visible.
08:36 So, it is possible that this leni was used by the Hindus in the beginning.
08:45 In one of the inscriptions, it is mentioned that it is a Siddha Musalak.
08:52 It is associated with the river Nala.
09:00 It is also mentioned that Musalak sees Gautam Buddha and then he lies down on the leni.
09:13 And Gautam Buddha takes him to his place and gives him the initiation of Buddhism.
09:20 We do not know whether this leni is associated with the Siddha Musalak or not.
09:28 But these lenis create many questions for us.
09:32 These lenis were very important for the history of Mumbai.
09:37 But unfortunately, they are not in existence today.
09:40 What happened?
09:41 Britishers tell us that the British used the Malad stone to build the old buildings in South Mumbai.
09:52 And the Malad stone was found in the same place where the leni was found.
09:59 So, it is great to say that the lenis were found in the same place.
10:04 And we can see the use of these lenis in the construction of a building in Mumbai.
10:12 It is possible that the lenis were found in the same place where the old buildings were constructed.
10:27 So, friends, we have understood the relationship between the old lenis and the lenis found in Mumbai.
10:36 We will understand many such interesting and magical things in this episode.
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