Muniyara [Marayoor, Idukki, Kerala, India ]
Muniyara is part of Marayoor which is 40 km from Munnar, in Idukki district, central Kerala.A fascinating destination for anthropologists and archaeologists from all over the world, Muniyara has remnants of Dolmenoid cists belonging to the Megalithic age. Dolmenoids were burial chambers made of four stones placed on edges and covered by a fifth one called the cap stone. Some of these Dolmenoids contain several burial chambers, others have a quadrangle scooped out in laterite and lined on the sides with granite slabs. These are also covered with cap stones.
Muniyara [Marayoor, Idukki, Kerala, India ]
Muniyara is part of Marayoor which is 40 km from Munnar, in Idukki district, central Kerala.A fascinating destination for anthropologists and archaeologists from all over the world, Muniyara has remnants of Dolmenoid cists belonging to the Megalithic age. Dolmenoids were burial chambers made of four stones placed on edges and covered by a fifth one called the cap stone. Some of these Dolmenoids contain several burial chambers, others have a quadrangle scooped out in laterite and lined on the sides with granite slabs. These are also covered with cap stones.
Muniyara [Marayoor, Idukki, Kerala, India ]
Muniyara is part of Marayoor which is 40 km from Munnar, in Idukki district, central Kerala.A fascinating destination for anthropologists and archaeologists from all over the world, Muniyara has remnants of Dolmenoid cists belonging to the Megalithic age. Dolmenoids were burial chambers made of four stones placed on edges and covered by a fifth one called the cap stone. Some of these Dolmenoids contain several burial chambers, others have a quadrangle scooped out in laterite and lined on the sides with granite slabs. These are also covered with cap stones.
Mulakanuru (Dolmenoid cist with double chamber)
Andra pradesh (MEGALITHIC Site )
kudakkallu near vellarakkad (umbrella stone)
kudakkallu near vellarakkad trichur distric. commonly known as Kodakuthy Kallu (Kudakallu)
Dolmenoid cist found in Yercaud,Tamil Nadu,India
Kalthittai was founded in kari varai area ,Sanyasi malai at Yercaud.It is megalithic monument about 2300-3000 years old.
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Kerala In Stone Age
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Archaeological studies have identified many Mesolithic, Neolithic and Megalithic sites in Kerala. These findings have been classified into Laterite rock-cut caves (Chenkallara), Hood stones (Kudakkallu), Hat stones (Toppikallu), Dolmenoid cists (Kalvrtham), Urn burials (Nannangadi) and Menhirs (Pulachikallu). The studies point to the indigenous development of the ancient Kerala society and its culture beginning from the Paleolithic age, and its continuity through Mesolithic, Neolithic and Megalithic ages. However, foreign cultural contacts have assisted this cultural formation.
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Muniyara at Marayoor Kerala
Muniyara is part of Marayoor which is 40 km from Munnar in Idukki district.
It is a region that fascinates anthropologists and archaeologists from around the world, who throng there to research and observe its legendary Dolmenoid cist remnants belonging to the Megalithic Age. These were burial chambers, made of four stones, placed on edges and covered by a fifth one called the cap stone. Dolmenoids contain several burial chambers, others have a quadrangle scooped out in laterite and lined on the sides with granite slabs. These are also covered with cap stones. The Marayoor area in Idukki district is famous for for its natural sandalwood forests and pre-historic rock paintings.
Trip to visit historical significans | Dolmens - Muniyara | Kerala tourism | Munnar
Most impotent historical place
The Muniyara Dolmens are magnificent prehistoric dolmens, situated in Chinnakkanal and marayoor, near Munnar. Belongs to the Neolithic Age, these aboveground burial chambers are built with large stone slabs and are called 'megaliths.' The historians keep special interest in these granite slabs as they are more than thousand years old. A lot of anthropologists and archaeologists from all over the world visit this fascinating destination to explore the remnants of Dolmenoid cists belonging to the Megalithic age.
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The tourists trek through the area of Muniyara to reach 15 different types of Dolmens, which belongs to the Neolithic Age, i.e. between 3000 BC and 14000 BC. Some of the dolmens here even belong to the Iron Age, which is proven by the smoothed rocky stone slabs that can only be done with iron tools. These aboveground structures are very unique as they are made of stones that are vertically laid on the ground and covered with one single stone on the top.
A lot has been said about Muniyara Dolmens…some archaeological studies reveal that the ancient stone structure, that were built over the burial site of more than one person have chambers, and, so, they vary in length and size. Studies also say that the dolmens that are large in size must have been used for the people of high status.
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Muniyara & the Sandalwood forest of Marayoor | Munnar Attractions
Marayoor is the only place in Kerala that has a natural growth of sandalwood trees. Marayoor is an important pre-historic site as the place holds Dolmenoid cists or burial chambers made of four stones known locally as Muniyara and some pre-historic rock paintings.
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Marayoor in Munnar
Marayoor is the only place in Kerala that has a natural growth of sandalwood trees. The sandalwood factory of the Forest Department, the caves (muniyaras) with murals and relics from the New Stone Age civilization and the children's park spread across a hectare of land under the canopy of a single Banyan tree are of great interest to tourists. Thoovanam Waterfall and Rajiv Gandhi National Park are also nearby.
Marayoor occupies a vast area on the slopes of the Western Ghats in Idukki district and is an important pre-historic site in Kerala. Apart from the Dolmenoid cists (Dolmenoids were burial chambers made of four stones placed on edges and covered by a fifth one called the cap stone) in Muniyara, Marayoor is famous for its natural sandalwood forests and pre-historic rock paintings.
Marayoor - a stone clad secret in Munnar
Nestled in the shadows of the Western Ghats, Marayoor has, for over ten centuries preserved in its' soul a stone clad secret. The jungles and hillsides of Marayoor are dotted with remnants of Dolmenoid cists called muniyaras (burial chambers) belonging to the Megalithic age.
Munnar muniyara
Location: Muniyara is part of Marayoor which is 40 km from Munnar, in Idukki district, central Kerala.
A fascinating destination for anthropologists and archaeologists from all over the world, Muniyara has remnants of Dolmenoid cists belonging to the Megalithic age. Dolmenoids were burial chambers made of four stones placed on edges and covered by a fifth one called the cap stone. Some of these Dolmenoids contain several burial chambers, others have a quadrangle scooped out in laterite and lined on the sides with granite slabs. These are also covered with cap stones.
Muniyara is part of Marayoor. Marayoor occupies a vast area on the slopes of the Western Ghats in Idukki district and is an important pre-historic site in Kerala. Apart from the Dolmenoid cists in Muniyara, Marayoor is famous for its natural sandalwood forests and pre-historic rock paintings.
Munnar Muniyara, Dolmenoid Monument
The dolmens of Megalithic age at Munnar. These dolmens are locally known as Muniyaras. For more information on this video click -
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Kerala : Muniyara in Marayoor near Munnar
Muniyara has remnants of Dolmenoid cists belonging to the Megalithic age. Dolmenoids were burial chambers made of four stones placed on edges and covered by a fifth one called the cap stone. LOcated near Marayur a place in Idukki District Kerala on Munnar Udumalaipettai highway