hindu temples will have only one dhwaja sthambam outside the temple, opposite to the main deity. dhwaja means FLAG. STHAMBHAM means PILLAR. in olden days there were huge number of communities in india. they used a flag to identify themselves with other communities.whenever they built temples their community flag was hoisted before the temple so that to know others , whose community god is in the temple. this practice made people slowly to install stone pillar in the place of wooden one. in the above photograph there are three dhwaja sthabhs instead of one which is very rare. this temple was constructed by vijaya nagara kings in ananthpuram district of andhra pradesh.this temple is called PENNAHOBILAM and the main deity is narasimha swamy.
Megalith is a very large usually rough stone used in pre historic cultures as a monument or building block. This megalith located at Mallayya palli village, near Chandragiri mandal, Chitoor dist, A.P. This is considered to be the prime megalith in Chandragiri mandal. Beneath the capstone there are some drawings probably drawn by the pre historic man in different periods. This structure is located at the top of the hill. This may have been used as temple or shelter by the prehistoric man.
Unfortunately this structure is not protected either by the Archaeology department or any other organization.
