Megaliths Of Jharkhand

Megalithic Utsav

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On the Equinoctial mornings hundreds gather to witness the fabulous sunrise through the V of the menhirs in Punkree Burwadih. In this manner we celebrate megaliths andthe Equinoxes, hence MEGALITHIC UTSAV. 

Megalithic Utsav once translated into English means celebration of megaliths.

This event has placed Punkree Burwadih in the same pedestal of Stonehenge as it is perhaps the only place in the entire country where such a primitive tradition has been revived. 

 

 

There is an inclined stone which works as a pointer of the summer solstice and is placed in straight line of a small stone which has been placed aligned to the peaks of the hill on its either side. Changing position each morning on both the flanks of the small vertical stone which also points to the approximate North and South, one can view the sunrise each morning through the V. The early megalith astronomers probably placed ropes on the either sides and slided on them every morning to study the sunrise.

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The mid-summer sunrise through Punkree Burwadih megaliths

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The Equinoctial sunrise through Punkree Burwadih megaliths

 

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