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‘Pillar of blood’ megalith seeks attention
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Stone pillar that changes its colour to red during summer dates back to Iron Age
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Stone pillar that changes its colour to red during summer dates back to Iron Age
Every summer, when Nalgonda features among the hottest districts in the State, residents of Padurivarigudem village in Nakrekal, about 30 km from here, know it is also anniversary time for one of its landmarks Netturu Sthambham (pillar of blood).
Common knowledge in the village is that the stone pillar changes its colour to red during summer, and hence its name. But consequently, the landmark drove researchers and enthusiasts here to eventually discover it as a menhir, upright stones planted in the earth during the megalithic age or the Iron Age, to indicate memorial sites. ....

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