Ancient Indian texts mention strange practices like Avibali or Ritual Suicides. In this video, we look at three major types of this ritual: Navakandam, Arikandam and Thoonguthalai. A bamboo stick was used for this ritual, using which humans could turn into Gods. This is considered the opposite of Narabali which was the sacrifice of another human being. All these rituals are now banned and made illegal.

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0:00 - Weird Ancient Carvings
1:14 - A Ritual Sacrifice
1:57 - Self-Torture
3:29 - Ravana – The Source of Self Torture
5:01 - Japanese Traditions
6:16 - Instant Death
8:12 - Barbaric Suicides – But WHY?
10:38 - Suicide Creates a New GOD?
14:21 - Conclusion

Hey guys, in the city of Chennai, some bizarre ancient carvings are found. As you can see, this place does not even have a roof, but you can see this series of carvings, doing something weird. Can you tell me what is going on here? This man is smiling, but he is holding his hair bun, his top knot in one hand, while using a sword to cut his own neck. Why would he be smiling while taking his own life? Look at the carving next to it, a calm, content face as he is cutting off his own head. The blade has actually gone into the neck at this point, that is why it is not visible in the center, only the 2 ends of the sword are visible. Almost all these carvings, show men cutting off their own heads while looking happy and content. What is the story behind these 1100 year old carvings?
The oldest tamil text called Tolkappiyam refers to this act of ritual suicide as AviBali, meaning Life – Sacrifice. Now, we know that soldiers can get killed in action, and soldiers can also do suicide attacks, like Kamikaze pilots in Pearl Harbor, knowing that they die destroying their enemies, but this Avipali has nothing to do with that. It was not done in a battlefield, it was usually done in front of an idol they worshipped, or in front of a King, as a form of ritual sacrifice.
There are three main types of AviBali, and each one is significantly different than the other. The first one is called Navakandam which means nine pieces. It is not the straightforward way of killing yourself, rather the person cuts out 9 pieces from his body, to please or appease God. It sounds barbaric, right? But this act of hurting your own body to please God, exists in all religions, even today. We have just become mellow, nowadays, it can be in the form of fasting, which is basically denying food or even water to your body on certain days. You can also see self-flagellation in many parts of the world, interestingly, this ritual is found in all major religions, including Christianity and Islam. So Navakandam, was the slow excruciating way of hurting oneself to please the God, but the person dies because of this ritual, he gives his life in order to supposedly gain something.
Ancient Indians thought that by slowly cutting off their body parts, they could convince God to appear before them and then the God would grant them their wish. How did such a strange thought process begin?

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