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Hero-stone Memorials of India
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Keywords: hero-stone, hero-stones, veergal
 A Triangular Hero-stone |  |
 |  Stories the Hero-stones Tell Lower panel of a hero-stone depicts the hero's fight with the enemy |
Detail from a Hero-stone A memorial stone showing a furiously fighting hero, Madhya Pradesh |  |
 | Hero with a Gun Detail from a memorial in Pachmari |
A Wooden Memorial of Madhya Pradesh A memorial with the hero's name and date of his death in Hindi |  |
 | Boat Heroes - Memorials Erected for Brave Seamen Panaji Museum in Goa |
Mahasati Stone A memorial stone at Bhojpur, Central India |  |
 | Heroes who die heroic death are sometimes immortalized as Garuda Town of Siddapur, 1983 |
Top Strata of a Hero-stone from Sangeetapura Also known as Haduvalli and Hadolli, this village has beautiful Jain sculptures |  |
 | Sculpted Hero-stone Fresh flowers indicate that the Hero-stone is still worshipped |
Details from a Hero-stone |  |
 | Depiction of a Battle Detail of a panel from a hero-stone, Hadolli |
A Memorial for a Family Member Notice the distinct Tulasi-like construction The Village of Chaterpur, 1977 |  |
 | Hero-stones are llustrated Sources of History Notice that only two panels are visible. This is a buried hero-stone. The third panel depicting war is under the ground. |
A Hero-stone depicting a battle |  |
 | Jaina Nishidhi Stone Apprx. 11th century, Sravanabelagola |
Nishidhi Stone of Machikabbe A memorial shows Machikabbe, the royal mother-in-law observing Sallekhana (fasting unto death) |  |
 | A Man Remembered Detail from a tribal memorial, Village of Jamnujari, Madhya Pradesh |
Hero and Sati A stone memorial remembers a hero died in battle and his wife who committed Sati with him. |  |
 | Herostone from Maragallu Vijayanagar Period, Kolar District |
