In a big discovery, a staff from the Telangana’s Division of Heritage has discovered a large cluster of megalithic human burial websites in Mulugu district, believed to be one of many largest concentrations of dolmen burials in India.
Based mostly on data offered by residents of Motlagudem village in Mulugu district, and the instructions of Particular Chief Secretary Jayesh Ranjan, a technical staff carried out a subject go to to the village.
Positioned 230 kms from Hyderabad, the human-made burial buildings have been present in and round Motlagudem village in Mulugu district, an official launch stated on Thursday (April 2, 2026). They’re regionally known as “Rakasi Bandalu” (big stones) and “Rakasi Guhalu” (big caves).
The just lately recognized historic human burial websites (within the Godavari river basin) not solely verify the presence of early people within the area but in addition function precious historic proof reflecting their way of life, customs, occupations, and social buildings, it stated.
Within the Eturnagaram Scheduled Space within the district, together with Damaravai, Rangapuram, and in Mangapet Mandal areas akin to Mallur Gutta, Motlagudem, Chettupalli, and Gundala, a whole lot of such burial websites have been recognized, it stated.
The megalithic burial websites in Telangana’s Mulugu are regionally known as “Rakasi Bandalu” (big stones) and “Rakasi Guhalu” (big caves). | Video Credit score: BY ARRANGEMENT
The burial buildings discovered on Kappalayi Gutta display the exceptional talent and craftsmanship of historic people.
The dolmen burials, constructed utilizing roughly hewn sandstone slabs, prolong throughout areas starting from 4 to 25 meters. Every construction consists of 4 giant vertical stone slabs with a large capstone positioned on high.
Inside every burial, a small stone trough resembling a sarcophagus is current. Moreover, a vacant house is left in a single nook, and the whole construction is enclosed inside a round stone boundary wall of roughly 10 toes in radius, it stated.
The space between particular person burial buildings ranges from 5 to 100 toes. The structure suggests a well-planned settlement, resembling an organized historic township. The capstones used for these burials weigh roughly 10 to twenty tons every.
“Unfold throughout practically 100 acres within the Kappalayi Gutta area, this can be one of many largest clusters of dolmen burials in India, in response to the technical staff,” the discharge stated.
Over time, a few of these burial buildings have deteriorated, whereas others have been disturbed resulting from the usage of stone slabs by locals for home building. Stone troughs discovered throughout the burials have been eliminated to be used as water containers for livestock.
These buildings, very like the pyramids of Egypt, are believed to replicate a powerful perception in life after demise and rebirth.
Comparable burial traditions are broadly discovered throughout South India, together with in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and Telangana, it added.
Revealed – April 03, 2026 01:29 pm IST