Somewhere in the vastness of the cosmos, there are planets resembling Earth. And on these planets live other versions of you, who have made radically different life choices.

Multiverse in Yoga Vashishtha. Kakabhushundi has seen: Ramayana 11 times with different outcomes. Mahabharata 16 times with different results. Daksha Yajna twice – ends the same way every time.

What lies beyond the edges of the observable universe? Is it possible that our universe is just one of many in a much larger multiverse? Movies can’t get enough of exploring these questions.

Theories explain; metaphors reflect. The multiverse, as a theory, emerged because of some as-yet-unexplained problems resolving Einstein’s general relativity with the mysteries of quantum ...