Dharmapuri District Temples

STATE/ DISTRICT	PLACE	DESCRIPTION
Dharmapuri Dist	Bade Talab Eri	Hero and Sati Stones
Dharmapuri Dist	Kaveripattinam	Pallipadai Temple
Dharmapuri Dist	Kundani	Shiva temple
Dharmapuri Dist	Kundani	Shiva Temple with Hero stones

Hero Stone / Sati stone / Nadukarkal / Veerakallu / நடுகற்கள் at Guddapatti, Selaikarappan Samy, Pachakanapalli, AR Thalli Koot Road - Annamalaihalli around Kaveripattinam, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu.

24^th & 25 August 2019

A Continuation post on Krishnagiri Hero stones Part-4

The Visit to the Hero and Sati stone are part of  Kaveripattinam Heritage Visit. The two days Visit was mainly focused on Rock arts in the natural caves around Kaveripattinam and Krishnagiri. On the way we came across many Menhirs, Hero and Sati Stones which are very unique.  Some of the details are….

HERO STONE AT GUDDAPATTI

This hero stone is also a unique one erected inside a stone house. The hero is holding a big sword in his right hand and a kattar in his right hand. A small sword is tied to his waist and a half dress is shown below his waist. There are whisks / Chowri shown on both side of the head. The hero wears ornaments on his neck and ears. In addition to this there are two parrots are shown. This signifies that these two parrots were his pet birds.   There is also a man’s looks like the hero is shown on the right side of the hero. looking at the style of the tuft this hero stone may belongs to 16th to 17th Century. 

HERO STONE – SELAI KARUPPAN SAMY NADUKAL.- PACHAKANAPALLI ( 12deg 31’51,2” N 78 deg 12’18”E )

This 16^th to 17^th Century Hero stone  is standing under a tree in the middle of a farm land. This Hero stone comprises of two parts. On the right bottom is a Pulikuthi relief. This means that the hero Killed a Tiger.  The main part is a bigger image of the Hero. The hero is shown in standing with legs apart on the left side. The Hero holds a sword on his right hand and a bow in the left hand. A scabbard is tied on his right side of his waist. A spear is  pierced through his chest with its sharp end shown on his back.   A half dress is shown below his waist. The hero killed a tiger and latter he might have killed in a war.

HERO AND SATI STONES OF ANNAMALAIHALLI NEAR AR THALLI KOOT ROAD.

This group of 5 hero stones are installed under a tree near Arthalli Koot Road overhead tank. The unique feature of this group is two Nadukals  installed for two ladies, of which one lady was killed by a tiger and the other lady was died due to snake bite.  A Sati stone and a Hero stone are in the form of bas reliefs chiseled on a boulder itself and not on a separate slab stones. 

In the sati stone the hero is shown at the centre with his two wives. The hero is holding an aruval in his raised right hand a kattar in his left hand. The hero is standing with legs apart. His wives hands are holding pots and shown symmetrical.

On the right A hero stone is also chiseled. The hero is fighting with a soldier on a horse. The hero holds a sword in his right hand and a kattar in left hand. Also there is a man ( small ) shown below the horse.

 A Lady with a Tiger

 A Lady with snake

---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---

Rock Arts and Hero Stones at koosu malai, Muniappan Kovil, Kamaraj nagar, Krishnagiriand badethalab Eri, Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu.

A Continuation post to a Shiva Temple in ruined Capital City of Hoysala Dynasty.

11^th March 2018.

This is the continuation  and last post  of our Krishnagiri heritage Visit. After meals, we had seen these rock arts  at Koosu malai, Gangalery Hills (Then malai or Muniappan malai ), Krishnagiri Kamaraj nagar and Badethalab Eri. It was told that these rock arts  in white ochre belongs to 5000 to 6000 years.  Some of the rock arts are very difficult to interpret and looks like a modern art. Day to day affairs of the life, like fighting between men, hunting of animals,  rituals etc.,  are expressed in the form of rock arts.

KOOSU MALAI.

This small hill has shelters and some has Rock arts also. Had seen a shelter  with rock arts on the ground level and the approach was covered with thorny shrubs.

The rock arts are in white ochre. Drawn with hands since the lines are thick. A fight between two men are shown in the art. On the ceiling a spiral is also drawn. What did the artist imagined,  to draw this is not known.

    

MUNIAPPAN MALAI

This is a part of Gangalery hills also called as Thenmalai.  There shelters in this hill also. Had seen a white ochre rock art  in a shelter about 25 to 30 feet high from the ground level.

The rock art consists of humans with ears, nose and eyes. Looks like a cartoon.

KAMARAJ NAGAR, PART OF KRISHNAGIRI TOWN

This place once an isolated area now human settlement  with houses. The hill has lot of shelters with rock arts. A shelter with  rock art has been converted in to a Anjaneyar Temple. Part of the drawing can be seen from the shelter rock.

This shelter has arts in three places. In the front Two people are fighting with each other. Inside the shelter, men are rowing a boat, a Pandil lamp, House and on the opposite side two pandil lamps  are drawn like mirror image. .

  A House and men are rowing a boat   

 Pandil lamp   

 A Sati Hero stone – Pulikuthi kal on the way to the shelter  

BADETHALAB  ERI ( HILL ), BAIRAVAR TEMPLE. ( ROCK ART AND HERO STONES )

This hill is adjacent to a  big lake. We could commute up to the temple, which has some hero stones. Then we started trekking. The shelter with rock art is about 100 feet high. On the way we could find a  granite quarry is in operation and hope we may be the last persons to witness these rock arts.

In the art we could find two men are fighting in which one man holds a sword & a shield and the other man holds a bow with an arrow, A pandil lamp is also shown with light emanating from the lamp in all directions. In this set the rock artist had distinguished a lady from a man, which is an unique rock art.

 

 pandil lamp

 rock artist had distinguished a lady from a man, which is an unique rock art.

 Panoramic view of the Badethalab eri

 Bairavar temple 

 Sati stone 

 Sati stone 

 Sati stone 

Hero stone

--- OM SHIVAYA NAMA---