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Submitted by motist on Tuesday, 21 June 2016  Page Views: 10639

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Marayoor Muniyaras
Country: India Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Devikulam  Nearest Village: Munnar
Latitude: 10.257992N  Longitude: 77.169107E
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.
2 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.
3 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
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On the Eastern bank of the Pambar river in the western Ghats, Marayoor, Kerala, South India, lush green with a lot of waterfalls, sandal wood forests, tea and cardamon plantations, is this large Dolmen Field, more then 3 km in size.

The locals call it Muniyaras. To get there from Munnar, go to Mr. Joseph M. Iype in the Tourist Information Service in front of Gandi statue and ask for Tomas to take you there, as he knows all the sites.

These dolmenoid cists belong to the Megalithic age. These dolmenoids were burial chambers made of four stones placed on edge and covered by a fifth stone called the cap stone. Some of these Dolmenoids contain several burial chambers, while others have a quadrangle scooped out in laterite and lined on the sides with granite slabs. These are also covered with cap stones. Dozens of Dolmens around the area of old Siva temple (Thenkasinathan Temple) at Kovilkadavu on the banks of the River Pambar, and rock paintings on the south-western slope of the plateau overlooking the river have attracted visitors.

Apart from the dolmens of the Stone Age, several dolmens from the Iron Age exist in this region especially on the left side of river Pambar as is evident from the usage of neatly dressed granite slabs for the dolmens. At least one of them has a perfectly circular hole of 28 cm diameter inside the underground chamber.

This region has several types of dolmens. A large number of them are overground with about 70–90 cm height. Another type has a height 140–170 cm. There is an overground dolmen with double length up to 350 cm. Fragments of burial urns have also been found in the region near the dolmens. This indicates that the dolmens with 70–90 cm height were used for burial of the remains of people of high social status. Burial urns were used for the burial of the remains of commoners. The dolmens with raised roof might have been used for habitation of people. Why some people lived in the cemeteries has not been satisfactorily explained.

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Note: Many photos recently in to the megalithic portal of this incredible dolmen field in southern India. Some of the ancient dolmens are lived in to this day.
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Marayoor Muniyaras submitted by motist : Marayoor, Devikulam taluka, Kerala, S' India In the western Ghats, lush green with a lot of waterfalls, sandal wood forest, tea and cardamon plantations, on the Eastern bank of the Pambar river, big size Dolmen Field, more then 3 KM, the local call it Muniyaras. To get there from Munnar, Mr. Joseph M. Iype in the Tourist Information Service in front of Gandi statue and ask for Tomas to take ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Marayoor Muniyaras submitted by motist : Marayoor, Devikulam taluka, Kerala, S' India In the western Ghats, lush green with a lot of waterfalls, sandal wood forest, tea and cardamon plantations, on the Eastern bank of the Pambar river, big size Dolmen Field, more then 3 KM, the local call it Muniyaras. To get there from Munnar, Mr. Joseph M. Iype in the Tourist Information Service in front of Gandi statue and ask for Tomas to take ...

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Re: Marayoor Muniyaras by Anonymous on Sunday, 22 April 2018
Thank you for posting!
This entry made the Dolmen field very easy to find, with the map and location description being particularly helpful.
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Re: Marayoor Muniyaras by motist on Sunday, 08 August 2010
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