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Ariyannur Umbrellas
10.6040° N, 76.0813° E
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Ariyannur Umbrellas is a prehistoric Megalith burial site situated in Ariyannur in Kandanassery Panchayat of Thrissur District of Kerala. Archaeological Survey of India in 1951 declared it as a centrally protected monument. The site has six umbrella stones or mushroom stones, locally called Kudaikkallu. Of them, four are intact and two are partially broken. . These are part of the larger Kudakkallu Parambu complex which is believed to be from ~2000 BCE.
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Construction and use (approx.)
c. 2000 BCE
Official protection granted
1951
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