A man who dig a hand in the basement of his home over 23 years and made a temple

Modern machinery, such as an electric tool is not used, hammer (Tutsi) and "of metal chisel " only in digging a house of underground continues, the presence in the city underground temple that has been built up over a period of 23 years with Armenia doing.

Man Spends 23 Years Carving Sprawling Underground Temple Under His House
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It was Armenian Levon Arakelyan who built up such a surprising temple. Mr. Levon who earned his livelihood as an architect was asked by his wife Tosha at the age of 44, "I want you to make a cabinet of potatoes in the basement of the house" in 1985. Mr. Levon finally completed the potato warehouse, but he continued digging down the house as it is, he said he had built a splendid underground temple over 23 years.

It was like a telling called "continue digging more" I heard in visions and dreams that motivated Mr. Levon who accomplished accomplishment that was not able to be cleared up at about "extraordinary passion". According to his voice, Mr. Levon continued working for 18 hours per day for 23 years.

Its appearance is based on the movie " field of obsession ", which has been transformed into a baseball field by cornfields driven by the voice of famous lines "If you build it, he will come" (if you make it, he will come) - Dreams "is reminiscent of. By the way, because the movie starring Kevin Costner was released in 1989, Levon who began digging the ground in 1985 has become earlier in time.

Mr. Levon kept digging the ground and the ground using only the hammer (hammer) and the thin metal stick "Takashi" as shown below. In the first few meters after digging the first few meters, the black basalt stone blocked Levon 's way of going, but clearing that hurdle said the relatively soft volcanic rock formations had spread under the basalts. The amount of soil excavated in 23 years reaches as much as 450 trucks , and it is surprising to say that Levon carried it in a bucket without using a machine.

A stairway extending deep underground. The depth of an underground temple is as much as 20 meters, and what is 280 square meters (85 tsubo) in size. Seven rooms are made, and it seems that each is also connected by a corridor or a staircase made by digging again.

Levon's "work" is not only merely created the underground tunnel, it is also one of the attractions that has been decorated numerous beautiful. Normally pillars and arches made by stacking stones are cut out from the ground here.

Candlestick with a soft colored lamp

The altar is basically made by hand digging.

Mr. Levon who made an underground temple over a period of 23 years, unfortunately it seems that he left this world at the age of 67 in 2008. According to his wife Tosha, Levon seems to have had only a short sleep of 3 to 4 hours a day for 23 years, and it seems that the body had been subjected to a considerable burden. It seems that the cause of death was a heart attack.

This underground temple "Levon's Divine Underground" is located near Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, and it is open to visitors. According to the review of the person who visited in 2015, the granddaughter of Mr. Levon served as a guide in fluent English for the visitor, and it told the visitor inside. Although I could not touch anything about the fee, the reviewer handed over two dollars (about 200 yen) and returned home.


In addition, in the facility there are exhibits such as the hammer, glasses, boots etc left by Mr. Levon, and it seems that you can purchase goods at a gift shop.

In the following movie, it is possible to see details of the underground temple made by Mr. Levon.

Levon's Divine Underground (Armenian) - YouTube