About Bibhu Dev Misra

About the author: Bibhu Dev Misra is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Management and has been working as an Information Technology consultant for more than 14 years. He is also an independent researcher and writer on topics related to ancient civilizations, myths, symbols, science and religion. His research has taken him to many places of historical interest across the globe. His articles have appeared in different journals, magazines, and websites including the New Dawn, Science to Sage, Comsomath, Viewzone, Esamskriti and others. He can be contacted at [email protected] and via his personal blog: http://www.bibhudevmisra.com

All posts by Bibhu Dev Misra

YUGA SHIFT: The End of the Kali Yuga & the Impending Planetary Transformation
It is our pleasure to welcome Bibhu Dev Misra, author of YUGA SHIFT: The End of the Kali Yuga & the Impending Planetary Transformation, as our featured author this month. In this extensively researched book, with the aid of scientific discoveries, Bibhu pieces together the common threads of information that […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 7th July 2024
Indra Killed Vritra in 9703 BCE: The Rigvedic description of the Comet Impact that ended the last Ice Age
See the links for Bibhu’s book below: Amazon UK  Amazon USA   The last Ice Age, which began nearly 125,000 years ago, had reached its maximum extent during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) around 20,000 years ago. At this time, large parts of the Northern Hemisphere were covered in kilometers […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 29th November 2023
Orion, Taurus and the Pleiades: A Star Map of the Legends of Kartikeya, Horus and Nergal and Apollo
Orion and Kartikeya Of all the constellations that embellish the night sky, it is Orion which is probably the most conspicuous and easily recognizable one. Since the Orion constellation lies on the celestial equator, just south of the ecliptic, it can be seen from any part of the world. The […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 6th September 2021
The Mystery of the Seven Sages: Were They Visitors from the Stars?
Many ancient legends tell us that in the bygone ages, a group of Seven Sages of extraordinary wisdom and untold powers visited the earth from the stars. They traveled around the world and passed on the knowledge of all the sciences and the arts to the people. They advised the […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 25th September 2020
12,000-Year-Old Petroglyphs in India Depict Sacred Symbols of Global Importance
Note from the editor: Right-click on the image links to view images in new tabs and avoid interruption. One of the most significant archaeological finds of recent times was the discovery of hundreds of petroglyphs (rock carvings), in the Ratnagiri and Rajapur area of the state of Maharashtra in western […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 28th March 2019
The Comet Impact In The Indian Ocean That May Have Submerged Dwaraka
Bibhu Dev Misra focuses on the Mahabharata’s account of the cataclysmic submergence of the fabled Indian city of Dwaraka, tracing it against the Hindu Yuga cycle, and Bronze Age archaeology and geology.  Dwaraka: The Golden City of Krishna The ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, relates that the brother-deities Krishna and […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 8th October 2018
The Sphinx Of Balochistan: Is It A Man-made, Rock-cut, Architectural Marvel?
Concealed within the desolate, rocky landscape of the Makran coastline of Southern Balochistan, Pakistan, is an architectural gem that has gone unnoticed and unexplored for centuries. The ‘Balochistan Sphinx’, as it is popularly called, came into the public eye only after the Makran Coastal Highway opened in 2004, linking Karachi […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 5th December 2017
Olmec Yogis with Hindu Beliefs: Did They Migrate from Ancient China?
The Olmec Yogis A few years back, in course of a long trip through Mexico, I visited the La Venta Museum in Villahermosa. The open-air museum has an enticing collection of Olmec sculptures, including three colossal Olmec stone heads. The artifacts had been moved here from the Olmec settlement of […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 28th January 2017
Black Holes and the Journey of the Soul
The annals of world mythology contain a number of references to the Milky Way galaxy.
Bibhu Dev Misra | 4th March 2015
Hercules-Balarama and the Institution of Kingship in Ancient Egypt – Part 2
See Part 1 of this article Background In Part 1 of this article I discussed about the exploits of the legendary hero Hercules in Egypt and Babylon. The statements of the Greek writers, as well as a large number of the symbolic correlations, indicate that Hercules was Balarama, the elder […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 27th August 2014
Hercules-Balarama and the Institution of Kingship in Ancient Egypt – Part 1
Background This article is a continuation of a couple of previous articles that I have written on the topic of Hercules and Balarama, and their Egyptian counterpart Khonsu. In this two-part article, I shall explore the lasting impact that Hercules had on the institution of Kingship in ancient Egypt. But, […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 27th August 2014
The end of the Kali Yuga in 2025: Unraveling the mysteries of the Yuga Cycle
About the author: Bibhu Dev Misra is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Management and has been working as an Information Technology consultant for more than 14 years. He is also an independent researcher and writer on topics related to ancient civilizations, myths, […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 15th July 2012
The journey of Jagannath from India to Egypt: The Untold Saga of the Kussites
Bibhu Dev Misra is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Management and has been working as an Information Technology consultant for more than 12 years, for various organizations across the world. He is also an independent researcher and writer on topics related to […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 27th January 2012
Petra, Jordan – Is it an ancient Shiva Temple complex?
Petra, the ‘rose red city, half as old as time’, located in modern day Jordan, is undoubtedly one of the most dramatic archaeological sites of the world. In a recently conducted Internet poll, it was voted by internet users as one of the ‘seven wonders of the modern world’. In […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 22nd June 2011
Evolution by Catastrophe: Does it indicate Intelligent Design?
Bibhu Dev Misra is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Management and has been working as an Information Technology consultant for more than 12 years, for various organizations across the world. He is also an independent researcher and writer on topics related to […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 5th May 2011
The Opet Festival of Ancient Egypt: Has it been derived from the Jagannatha Rathyatra of Puri, India?
Bibhu Dev Misra is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Management and has been working as an Information Technology consultant for more than 12 years, for various organizations across the world. He is also an independent researcher and writer on topics related to […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 15th April 2011
A Day and Night of Brahma: The Evidence from Fossil Records
The Vedic concept of time, like that of the ancient Egyptians and the Mayans, was cyclical. As per their cosmovision, in addition to the cycles of day and night, and the cycles of the seasons, there exists another cycle of time known as the Yuga Cycle or the Cycle of […]
Bibhu Dev Misra | 15th April 2011