Quick Answer: Did Jesus Visit India?

“Jesus is said to have visited our land and Kashmir to study Buddhism. He was inspired by the laws and wisdom of Buddha,” a senior lama of the Hemis monastery told IANS. According to Roerich, “Jesus passed his time in several ancient cities of India such as Benares or Varanasi”.25 dec. 2009

• The Bible does not mention the idea of Jesus traveling to India. In fact, it suggests quite the opposite. Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea ( Luke 2:1-20 ). His infancy included a visit to Jerusalem ( Luke 2:22-28) after which He and the family returned home to Bethlehem and were later visited by wise men ( Matthew 2:1-12 ).

While not every detail regarding the early years of Jesus is known, it is clear He did not travel to India during His lifetime. Instead, He lived primarily in the land of Israel, ministering largely to a Jewish audience in fulfillment of many messianic prophecies.

Did Jesus ever went to India?

He spent six years in Puri and Rajgirh, near Nalanda, the ancient seat of Hindu learning. Then he went to the Himalayas, and spent time in Tibetan monasteries, studying Buddhism, and through Persia, returned to Jerusalem at the age of 29.

When did Jesus live in India?

Jesus Lived in India, 1983

Jesus Lived in India promotes the claim of Nicolas Notovich (1894) regarding the unknown years of Jesus between the ages of 12 and 30 in India. The consensus view amongst modern scholars is that Notovitch’s account of the travels of Jesus to India was a hoax.

Did Jesus die in India?

The gravestones of Yuz Asaf – the Kashmiri Christ? Jesus Christ did not die on the cross, nor did he ascend to Heaven. Instead he went over to Kashmir, lived there for some time, died a natural death and is buried in Rauza Bal, Khanyar, a densely populated area in the interior of the city of Srinagar.

Is Jesus buried in India?

A belief that Jesus survived the crucifixion and spent his remaining years in Kashmir has led to a run-down shrine in Srinagar making it firmly onto the must-visit-in India tourist trail. In the backstreets of downtown Srinagar is an old building known as the Rozabal shrine.

What did Jesus do at the age of 12?

Jesus at the age of twelve accompanies Mary and Joseph, and a large group of their relatives and friends to Jerusalem on pilgrimage, “according to the custom” – that is, Passover. The losing of Jesus is the third of the Seven Sorrows of Mary, and the Finding in the Temple is the fifth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary.

Who is Jesus’s father?

He was born to Joseph and Mary sometime between 6 bce and shortly before the death of Herod the Great (Matthew 2; Luke 1:5) in 4 bce. According to Matthew and Luke, however, Joseph was only legally his father.

Is Jesus a God?

The earliest Christians maintained that Jesus was a human being who was made God – a god – a divine being. Later they ended up saying that Jesus was born to the union of God and a mortal because the Holy Spirit came upon Mary and that’s how she conceived Jesus, so Jesus literally had God as his father.

Did Jesus have a wife?

Mary Magdalene as Jesus’s wife

She also featured prominently in the so-called Gnostic Gospels, a group of texts believed to have been written by early Christians as far back as the second century A.D., but not discovered until 1945, near the Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi.

Is India mentioned in the Bible?

India is mentioned in Esther 1:1 and 8:9 as the eastern boundary of the Persian Empire under Ahasuerus (c. fifth century B.C.) and in 1 Maccabees 6:37 in a reference to the Indian mahouts of Antiochus’s war elephants (second century B.C.). Otherwise there are no explicit references to India in the Old Testament.

What was Jesus’s full name?

Jesus’ name in Hebrew was “Yeshua” which translates to English as Joshua.

How do I prepare for Jesus return?

Here are five ways to spiritually prepare for Jesus‘ return.

1. Pray. If you want to know what God knows, begin by asking Him.
2. Listen. Sometimes, we think we know what God wants for us, but God’s knowledge isn’t always obvious.
3. Watch. Saint Paul said we need to watch and be ready.
4. Store.
5. Improve.

Where is the tomb of Jesus?

The tomb is at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It is the most widely accepted burial site of Christ. People previously thought the tomb had been no more than 1,000 years old.

Minti Vaidya