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Jesus in India

Overview

The Russian war correspondent and traveler Nicolas Notovitch is at the origin of the legend that Jesus visited India. According to a manuscript he allegedly saw while visiting the Tibetan monastery of Himis in 1887 (Life of Saint Issa, the Best of the Sons of Men), Jesus spent six years among the Brahmins, then other six years among the Buddhists, before preaching to the pagans, the Zoroastrians, and the Jews, prior to his ministry in Palestine. It was Pontius Pilate, who put him to death, in spite of the opposition of the Jewish Sanhedrin. Notovitch’s work was a hit, spurring large controversy, and influenced the work of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, who claimed that after surviving the crucifixion Jesus went to India, preached there and died an old man. Ahmad identified Jesus with the sage Yuz Asaf claiming that his tomb in Srinagar, Kashmir (known today as the Roza Bal) was the actual burial of Jesus.

Ever since, the speculations about Jesus' Hidden Years have come together with speculations about Jesus Survival. While some authors have limited themselves to speculate about the possibility that Jesus visited India in his youth, the most fanciful theories about Jesus simulating his death with drugs or experiencing a coma or even being abducted by aliens, have been proposed in order to explain how he was able to survive the crucifixion and reach India in his old age. The question has been debated not only in works of fiction, but also in books and documentaries claiming that the legend of Jesus in India has actual historical foundations.

In Depth

• Jesus in India (sources) -- survey of ancient sources

• Jesus in India (arts) -- survey of fictional works

• Jesus in India (research) -- survey of scholarly works

External links

• The Rozabal Shrine of Shrinagar (20?? Yashendra), documentary]

• [ Wikipedia]