17th March 2019.
It was planned to visit some Hero & Sati stones with Dolmens near Kothagiri after visiting Karikkaiyur Rock Arts. It was too late when we returned after visiting the Rock Arts. We missed the hero stones of Melur near Coonoor, for want of time and the distance from Kotagiri. The posts written are not in the sequence of visit.
HERO, SATI STONES ( VEERAKALLU ) & DOLMENS AT BETALADA.
These hero and sati stone group are available in an Amman Temple and initially admission was denied to the ladies and latter allowed after washing their legs. The group consists of 3 hero & sati stones of 4 tier and 2 tier and a Pulikuthi Sati stone. In the 4 tier and two tier hero & sati stones are not installed for individuals, but for a group. Some hero has two wives. The wives are holding lemon ( like Karnataka Sati “ondikai Masti” ) in their right hand and liquor pot in their left hand. In one of the Hero Cum Sati stone a bas-relief of “Madu kuthi pattan” is there. The heros are holding sword, spear and Valari ( It was told this type of weapon is the specialty of this region to fight with the Britishers ). In addition to this there is a Dolmen. It was told that the above three Hero cum sati stones are in dolmens, latter they were dismantled and brick structure was built. As per the experts these Hero & Sati stones belongs to 16th to 17th Century. There is a medium height Menhir at the entrance of the temple. This temple is being maintained by the Villagers.
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Pulikuthi Satikal
Dolmen
Menhir
Amman Temple
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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