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<< Our Photo Pages >> Khotay, Kutch - Sculptured Stone in India

Submitted by motist on Wednesday, 07 July 2010  Page Views: 8934

Multi-periodSite Name: Khotay, Kutch Alternative Name: Kotay
Country: India
NOTE: This site is 28.28 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Bhuj  Nearest Village: Khotay (Kotay)
Latitude: 23.390212N  Longitude: 69.779038E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
1 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Khotay, Kutch
Khotay, Kutch submitted by motist : Khotay, Kutch In Khotay (Kotay), Kutch, Gujarat, India, like all places in the Rajputana ,SATI stones are erected in memory of the Hindu widows who perform self-cremation on the cremation pyre of their deceased husbande, an old Hindu costum that was abolished by the British. The hand engraving on stones depicts the lady 's hand. The stones in Khotay are old, from the end of the 1st millenniu... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Sculptured Stones in Gujarat, India. In Khotay (Kotay), Kutch, Gujarat, India, like all places in the Rajputana, SATI stones are erected in memory of the Hindu widows who perform self-cremation on the cremation pyre of their deceased husbande, an old Hindu costum that was abolished by the British.

The hand engraving on stones depicts the lady 's hand. The stones in Khotay are old, from the end of the 1st millennium CE and the biggest I saw in India.
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Khotay, Kutch
Khotay, Kutch submitted by motist  : Khotay,Kutch In Khotay (Kotay), Kutch, Gujarat, India, like all places in the Rajputana ,SATI stones are erected in memory of the Hindu widows who perform self-cremation on the cremation pyre of their deceased husbande, an old Hindu costum that was abolished by the British. The hand engraving on stones depicts the lady 's hand. The stones in Khotay are old, from the end of the 1st millenni... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Khotay, Kutch
Khotay, Kutch submitted by motist  : Khotay, Kutch In Khotay (Kotay), Kutch, Gujarat, India, like all places in the Rajputana ,SATI stones are erected in memory of the Hindu widows who perform self-cremation on the cremation pyre of their deceased husbande, an old Hindu costum that was abolished by the British. The hand engraving on stones depicts the lady 's hand. The stones in Khotay are old, from the end of the 1st millenn... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Khotay, Kutch
Khotay, Kutch submitted by motist  : Khotay, Kutch In Khotay (Kotay), Kutch, Gujarat, India, like all places in the Rajputana ,SATI stones are erected in memory of the Hindu widows who perform self-cremation on the cremation pyre of their deceased husbande, an old Hindu costum that was abolished by the British. The hand engraving on stones depicts the lady 's hand. The stones in Khotay are old, from the end of the 1st millenn... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Khotay, Kutch
Khotay, Kutch submitted by motist  : Khotay,Kutch In Khotay (Kotay), Kutch, Gujarat, India, like all places in the Rajputana ,SATI stones are erected in memory of the Hindu widows who perform self-cremation on the cremation pyre of their deceased husbande, an old Hindu costum that was abolished by the British. The hand engraving on stones depicts the lady 's hand. The stones in Khotay are old, from the end of the 1st millenni... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Khotay, Kutch
Khotay, Kutch submitted by motist (Vote or comment on this photo)

Khotay, Kutch
Khotay, Kutch submitted by motist  : Khotay, Kutch In Khotay (Kotay), Kutch, Gujarat, India, like all places in the Rajputana ,SATI stones are erected in memory of the Hindu widows who perform self-cremation on the cremation pyre of their deceased husbande, an old Hindu costum that was abolished by the British. The hand engraving on stones depicts the lady 's hand. The stones in Khotay are old, from the end of the 1st millenn...

Khotay, Kutch
Khotay, Kutch submitted by motist : In Khotay, Kutch, Gujarat, India, like all places in India, SATI stones are erected in memory of the Hindu widows who perform self-cremation on the cremation pyre of their deceased husbande, an old Hindu costum that was abolished by the British. The hand engraving on stones depicts the lady 's hand. The stones in Khotay are old, from the end of the 1st millennium CE and the biggest I saw in Indi...

Khotay, Kutch
Khotay, Kutch submitted by motist

Khotay, Kutch
Khotay, Kutch submitted by motist

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