MAIDEN STONE

Synonym : Kumari Kal

                   Valour stone

• A round stone which were used to test the raw strength of competitors 
• Persons who seek the hand of a girl or who want to enter the armed forces have to lift the stone

CONDITIONS

• The stone is lifted from the ground at one stroke
• Stone is lifted above the head and dropped behind
• More the times - the better it is

The stone balls are kept as show piece items on either side of the road bridge over the river Cauvery, connecting Tiruchirappalli with Srirangam.

VALOUR STONE

It is erected in memory of the slain soldiers in the war front.

The panel depicts portrait of the soldiers, their dress, ornaments, weapons used, etc.

The widow of the soldiers, consider the stone being alive and behave like a married woman. Others also treat her like a married woman.

Their children and descendants worship as their family deity.

Illustration was observed near Hanuman temple close to Manthralayam.

WEIGHT BEARING SLAB

Akkaraipatti near Samayapuram, Trichy

• If a pregnant lady dies without delivering the foetus, the slab is erected. 
• The slab will be on the road side adjacent to the water body. 
• The travellers can keep the head load & rest for a while.
• In this illustration, the lady and her family members also got interned.