Mudumal Menhirs
Published on 11 Oct 2025
The Mudumal Megalithic Menhirs in Telangana's Narayanpet district, dating back 3,500-4,000 years, have been added to India's tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
This site, potentially South India's largest megalithic burial area, features around 80 tall menhirs (10-14 ft), nearly 3,000 alignment stones in rows, and circular stone formations across 80 acres.
Revered locally as ‘Niluralla Thimmappa’ with one worshipped as Goddess Yellamma, these stones demonstrate a connection to ancient funerary rites and, significantly, align with solar events like equinoxes and solstices, suggesting their use for calendrical calculations and astronomical observation.
Ursa Major, Latin for "Great Bear," is a prominent constellation in the northern sky and the third largest overall, covering over 3% of the night sky.
It is best known for containing the Big Dipper asterism, a group of seven bright stars forming a distinctive scoop-like shape.
The Big Dipper has been used for navigation and timekeeping for centuries
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