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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Udaipur guardian stones
Country: India
NOTE: This site is 121.907 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Udaipur
Latitude: 24.576985N  Longitude: 73.683132E
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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.
 4 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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All over the town you can see these stones which represent guardian deities.

The locals worship them and burn incense every morning and evening. Shopkeepers ask for a good day of business. Schoolchildren honour the stones on their way to school.

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Udaipur guardian stones submitted by motist : Udaipur guardian stones bahucharji_devi 'Bahuchar Mata' is a Hindu goddess. She was a daughter of a charan Bapal dan Detha. She and her sister were on journey with a caravan when a marauder named Bapiya attacked their caravan. It was common practice in charan men and women if overpowered by their enemies, not to surrender but to kill themselves. Shedding the blood of charan was considered hei... (1 comment)

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Udaipur guardian stones submitted by motist : Udaipur guardian stones The 2 bulls are Nandi ,lord Shiva vehicle ,the Turtle represent lord Vishnu's avatar Kurma They are worshipping the Shiva lingam (1 comment)

Udaipur guardian stones
Udaipur guardian stones submitted by motist : Udaipur guardian stones Nagas - semidivine demons Nagas - semidivine demons or demigods with a snake trunk and one or several human heads. The most ancient Indian legends mention that the civilisation of nagas was powerful at the dawn of mankind; they inhabited under the mythical mount Meru. More: http://www.dopotopa.com/lang1/nagas.html (1 comment)

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