250-ton rock is balanced on a 45-degree steep hill

Krishna Butter Ball is a giant rock located in Tamil Nadu state in southern India, famous for its strange balance of hillside for centuries.

According to The Epoch Times, Krishna Butter Ball is located in Mahabalipuram, a town in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu. The rock weighs over 250 tons, 6m high and has a diameter of 5m, lying on a 45-degree steep hillside.

The rock is balancing on the hillside for centuries.(Photo: The Indian Times).

Despite its enormous size, the rock still balanced on the very small contact surface with the hillside. It did not roll down the hill, nor did it budge despite every shift. In the 7th century BC, a king of the Pallava dynasty in India became the first to attempt to move the rock to prevent it from falling into the hands of carvers but without success.

In 1908, Arthur Lawley, governor of Madras, intended to move the rock off the hillside for fear it could roll down at any time and destroy the town at the foot of the hill. Seven elephants were used to carry out the move, but the rock did not move even slightly. The governor's concern is proven to have no facility and the town below is safe. But so far, scientists have not been able to explain what makes the rock in such a balanced position.

The giant rock did not budge despite every shift.(Photo: Wikimedia).

Krishna's Butter Ball is called Vaan Irai Kal by local people, ie "God's Stone" . They believed that the gods had placed the stone at Mahabalipuram to show the power to the inhabitants of the town. According to Indian legend, the young goddess Krishna loved eating butter and often avocado in her mother's jar. Because the rock at Mahabalipuram is shaped like a drop of butter that the goddess fell to the ground, it was dubbed "The Butterflies of the Goddess Krishna".