Case file · Anomaly hotspot
Okunevo, the 'navel of the world' in Omsk Oblast
A Siberian village that a Babaji devotee identified in 1991 as the site of an ancient temple to Hanuman, and which now draws pilgrims seeking healing and visions.
1991 CE · 56.44, 74.91 · status: claim
The account
Rasma Rozitis chose Okunevo for its name (echoing 'Om'), the nearby Tara river and the Bronze Age Okunevo archaeological complex. Hindu-inspired groups, neo-pagans and Ynglists followed, telling of energy fields, glowing lights over the lake and the lost land of Belovodye.
The sceptical view
No temple has been found; the 'anomalies' are reported by visitors primed to expect them.