Cosmology: Flat Earth

Puranic texts describe a flat earth supported by elephants/turtles.

Religious Claim

Vishnu Purana

"The earth is supported by the heads of the great serpent Shesha..."

Scientific Consensus

The Earth is an oblate spheroid orbiting the sun.

Analysis

Traditional Hindu cosmology (geocentric, flat planes) was scientifically corrected by Indian mathematicians like Aryabhata, creating a conflict between scripture and later Indian science.

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Source

Hinduism