Hero-stone Memorials of India

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

See Also:

• Ordinary Heroes -- Memorials erected for brave men and women in a new research report.