The dolmens with raised roofs might have been used for habitation of people. Burial urns were used for the burial of the remains of commoners. This indicates that the dolmens with 70–90 cm height were used for burial of the remains of people of high social status. Fragments of burial urns are also available in the region near the dolmens. There is an overground dolmen with double length up to 350 cm. Large number of them are overground with about 70–90 cm height. This region has several types of dolmens. At least one of them has a perfectly circular hole of 28 cm diameter inside the underground chamber. Apart from the dolmens of Stone Age, several dolmens of Iron Age exist in this region especially on the left side of river Pambar as is evident from the usage of neatly dressed granite slabs for the dolmens.

Dozens of Dolmens around the area of old Siva temple (Thenkasinathan Temple) at Kovilkadavu on the banks of the River Pambar and also around the area called Pius nagar, and rock paintings on the south-western slope of the plateau overlooking the river have attracted visitors. Some of these Dolmenoids contain several burial chambers, while others have a quadrangle scooped out in laterite and lined on the sides with granite slabs. These dolmenoids were burial chambers made of four stones placed on edge and covered by a fifth stone called the cap stone. Megalithic Dolmens Īlso called Muniyaras, these dolmens belong to the Iron Age.

These villages were called the 'Anju nadu', literally meaning 'five lands'. The migrants created five villages, being Kanthalloor, Keezhanthur, Karayur, Marayur and Kottakudi. People migrated from Tamil Nadu to this area when the Madurai king Bangaru Thirumala Nayak was defeated by Chanda Saheb, in the eighteenth century CE. It is also home to a later period of large-scale dolmen-building. Marayur claims to be a part of a Stone Age civilization that is as old as 10,000 B.C. Marayoor is the only village in Marayoor panchayat. Total number of households in panchayat is 3,307. Demographics Īs per 2011 census report, Marayoor grama panchayat had population of 12,399 of which 6,192 are males and 6,207 are females. In 1991 Marayur had a population of 9,590. Ancient dolmens and rock paintings in Marayur date back to the Stone Age. Marayur is situated at around 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) above mean sea level and is the only place in Kerala that has natural sandalwood forests. It is located 42 kilometers north of Munnar on SH 17 connecting Munnar with Udumalpet, Tamil Nadu. Marayur or Marayoor is a town in Devikulam taluk of Idukki district in Kerala, India.

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