"A mere whisper in the mortal world sounds like thunder in
Heaven".
This saying is
based on the acoustic effects of the rectangular stones that pave the central stairway
leading to the main temple. These rectangular stones are called the Triple Sound Stones.
If you stand on the first stone and clap or shout, you will hear one echo. If you stand on
the second stone, you will hear two echoes and on the third stone you will hear three,
echoes.
The location of
the stones explains this effect. For example, the reason that you hear three echoes when
you stand on the third stone is that your location forms a right triangle with relation to
three points:
- The Gate of the Hall
- The top of the hall
- The third stone
The sound travels
to the wall of the hall, then to the top of the hall and then the gate. The reason you
hear different echoes is because the sound returns at different intervals. If you speak
from other stones, you may not hear anything because a right-angled triangle is not
formed. |