January 7, 2010

Hero Stones from India

For my school project I made a PPT on the ancient Indian tradition of installing Hero Stones in memory of those who sacrificed their life in defense of their community, village, kingdom or country. As I compiled the presentation I realized that I have a pretty good repository of pictures of different types of Hero Stones. I thought it would be a good collection to share on this blog.
Hero Stone in Tumkur district, Karnataka, India

Hero Stone in Tumkur district, Karnataka, India


Damaged Hero Stone in Tamil Nadu

Damaged Hero Stone in Tamil Nadu

1 comment:

BK Chowla, said...

Yes,but wit time,these become full fetched temples along road side.
Which becomes a source of corruption for those in power.