Did Nostradamus predict dam disaster in Kerala ?

French prophet Nostradamus who published collections of prophecies had predicted a dam disaster in South India ,likely to happen in July 2012. According to several British astrologers Mullaperyar –Idukki  dam disaster, currently  staring at the people in the state of Kerala is well predicted in Nostradamus’s well known work  Les Propheties (The Prophecies), the first edition of which appeared in 1555.

On a consultations arranged by the editors of boolokamonline.net , several experts and the researchers pointed out that the original 1557 edition ran:

Ennosigée feu du centre de terre
Fera trembler au tour de cité neufve:
Deux grands rochiers long temps feront la guerre
Puis Arethusa rougira nouveau fleuve

This is an accurate description of what is likely to happen in the state of Kerala where 5 million people live , fearing for their lives due to the ‘water bomb’ in Mullaperiyar dam,which could ‘explode’ at any time . A reasonable English translation for the above prophecy appears as

Earthshaking fire from the centre of the Earth
Will cause tremors around the New City.
Two great rocks will war for a long time,
Then Arethusa will redden a new river.

In the western astrology, Venus represents female deity,and according to the experts this planet’s position  will cause extensive natural disasters in South India including floods and earthquakes in Kerala’s monsoon season [June-July] .They advise that the prophecy is an accurate description of an earthquake destroying the Mullaperiyar dam as well as the emerging South Indian economic capital ,the city of Cochin. It says two great mountains will fight against the disaster for some time fruitlessly and a red river will be created by the goddess of water. According to the interpretation the two great mountains are claimed to be ‘ Kuravan’ and ‘ Kurathi ‘ mountains linked by Idukki dam and the collapse of that mega –dam will result in creation of a red river –reddened by the blood of 5 million people from five districts in Kerala.

Idukki District in Kerala  where the dam is situated , is a well known area for repeated earthquakes. Safety concerns were raised by Kerala Government after several  earthquakes, that resulted in leaks and cracks in the dam. A state agency, Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS), Thiruvananthapuram, had reported that the structure would not withstand an earthquake above the magnitude of 6 on the Ritcher Scale .

Mullaperiyar Dam is a masonry gravity dam, on the Periyar river. It is located 881 m (2,890 ft) above mean sea level  in Idukki District of Kerala ,India.It was constructed between 1887 and 1895 by the British Government to divert water eastwards to Madras Presidency area [Tamil Nadu]. It has a height of 53.6 m (176 ft) from the foundation and length of 365.7 m (1,200 ft). The dam is operated by the Government of  Tamil Nadu based on a lease agreement entered into in 1886 by the British India Governmentand the Maharajah of Travancore. Control of the dam and the reservoir by Tamil Nadu, after Independence and after Reorganization of States, has been a matter
of dispute between the States of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The matter  is currently pending before a Division Bench of the Supreme Court.

Posted by Arun Kaimal on December 4, 2011. Filed under Featured,Latest News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry