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.