The with archaeological constructions that seem to have been created with sacred hands and traditions that still endure, but one of the great mysteries that has not been solved is that of the so-called ‘gate of the Gods’ or the ‘portal of Aramu Muru’ which stands near Lake Titicaca.
On the slopes of the Hayu Marca mountain, in the south of Peru, stands an immense stone construction that resembles a portal. Carved in the stone forest, the Aramu Muru portal, as it is known among residents, has been astonishing its visitors for years.
Nearby is also Lake Titicaca, which is the largest lake in all of South America and was an important part of the worldview of the Incas. For the last 4 thousand years, the region surrounding the Hayu Marca mountain and the lake itself has been inhabited by ancient traditional peoples such as the Inca civilization ruled by Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, and who believed that the lake was where the world was born and also where the spirit returned after the.
He Aramu Muru portal is 35 kilometers from the city of Puno, south of Ilave in the province of Collao and is considered a sacred portal within the Inca culture. The Gate of the Gods is just one of the many cultural legacies left by the complex historicity of the traditional Peruvian peoples and that today, hence the importance of preserving the Inca heritage.
What is the Aramu Muru portal like?
Anyone who observes the portal in photographs might think that it is a small monolith, but it is enough to see the comparison with a human to understand that it is an immense structure.
Of square shape and with seven meters on each side, The Aramu Muru portal is carved into the rock that is already peculiar due to its brown color. Delimited by stripes that seem to have been assiduously carved into the enormous rock, a huge door with a smaller slit in the center in the shape of a rectangle.
Was first found in 1996 by José Luis Delgado Mamani, a tour guide who spotted the large gate in the stone forest that inhabits the Hayu Marca mountain. Since then there has been much speculation regarding its origin and use, unfortunately there are no formal studies that delve deeper into the secrets of the gate, but it is believed that it served as a center of pilgrimage and worship for the Incas, although archaeologists believe that it also It may have had some astronomical use.
Regarding the name, an Inca legend still persists among the residents that says that during the time of Spanish colonization, the Inca priest Aramu Muru took a solar disk that was kept in the Koricancha temple in Cusco. He then traveled the more than 450 kilometers that divide Cusco from Ilave to place the sacred key in the portal and finally disappear, which is why it is believed that it could have been an interdimensional portal in the ancient traditional worldview.