"Churning of the ocean" and "Big Bang Theory"

Similarities between Indian Mythological Story of “Samudra Manthan” and “Big Bang Theory”

After some research on the web about significance of "Ocean churn", I stumbled upon a blog that had an interesting perspective on the similarities. Since we all "scientifically" believe that life did not exist before the Big Bang, it doesn't hurt to understand another perspective which had similar outcomes  --

Source: Global Indian Blog

As a science student,  when our teacher was teaching concept of Big Bang Theory in middle school, I had a feeling that I was not learning this concept first time and actually heard similar things earlier! That strange feeling of “I heard this before” forced me to give stress to my brain. After lots of introspection, I was surprised to recollect my memories regarding Indian (Hindu) mythological stories my mother used to tell me when I was a kid!

The Big Bang Theory

Present-day Science believes that the entire process of evolution in this universe started with the Big Bang. But can one really conceptualize what actually happened before the Big Bang? The answer to this question is a definite NO. No concept of Time or Matter ever existed before the Big Bang - it all came into being much later. Similarly, one simply cannot imagine who actually created the Big Bang. That remains a mystery for ever. 

The Rig Veda, in this sense, conveys the same idea as that of the Big Bang Theory. It talks about the world being created out of sheer nothingness - no time, no matter, no space and no creator.

Yes, the Samudra Manthan and Vishnu Avatar stories from vedas and Puranas…..how Lord Brahma created the world and how Samudra Manthan formed some important universal things like The Moon, Wealth , The Poison , Plants, Medicines, animals, etc ….and how Lord Vishnu along with Lord Shiva helped in this process.

Since long I was thinking to relate or compare both ancient mythology and modern scientific concepts. Here I have tried to relate some of the things that Samudra Manthan (roughly means “Turbulence/Churing activity”) mentioned in vedas and Puranas to modern days knowledge of Universal creation. This is my limited understanding of Hindu mythology and scientific theories. I believe, since ancient time scholars/rishis were trying to tell you all complex scientific things in life as Mythological stories or Sanskrit philosophical texts – Upanishadas. Probalby , it is a simple way of telling  common people about such hi-fi scientific concepts!

Samudra/Sagar Manthan (Ocean Churning for Universe creation) Activity as mentioned in Hindu Mythology,where you can see Moon/Water/Life/Plants/Animal/Metals/Laxmi/Fire, etc were created

This is just an attempt to relate mythology with scientific proofs available now. 

My interpretation may be true, partially true or completely wrong. But, I am here just trying to see mythological concepts from Science student’s perspective! See chart below:

Indian Mythological story of “Samudra Manthan” Vs Big Bang Theory of universe formation:

Substance formed as per “Samudra Manthan “		Scientific proofs from Big Bang Theory /Universe formation
Things formed	What it represents/Meaning	Things formed
Chandra	The Moon (Stars and planets)	The Moon (Stars and planets)
Airavat/Uchchaihshravas	Elephant / Horse (Animals)	Animals/ Life on the earth
Halahala/ Vish / Jahar	The poison taken by Lord Shiva to protect universe	Poisonous gases and particles in universe
Wealth	Gold	Gold (Au)
	Silver	Silver (Ag)
	Diamonds	Carbon/Graphite (C)
	Gems	Silica (Si), Carbon, etc
	Other precious metals	Brass,Ferrous,Nickel, etc.See complete periodic table
Kalpavriksha(Wish fulfilling tree)	Useful Tree / Plants	Trees/Plant life on the earth
Kamadhenu ( Wish fulfilling cow)	Cow/Animals	Animals on the earth
Sura ( Wine)	Alcohol/Chemicals	Chemicals/Biochemical formation
Parijat (The divine tree)	Tree / Plants	Trees/Plant i.e life on the earth