{"id":354,"date":"2014-08-07T00:38:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/?p=354"},"modified":"2014-08-07T00:38:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:38:18","slug":"muniyaras-in-the-mountains-near-munnar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/?p=354","title":{"rendered":"Muniyaras&#8230;. in the mountains near Munnar"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC00641.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC00641-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ancient burial houses.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC00641-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC00641-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC00641.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ancient burial houses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One day we took a drive up the mountain side and stopped to overlook the valley. \u00a0Behind us on the rocks are some strange looking &#8216;houses&#8217;&#8230; Muniyaras. \u00a0<span style=\"color: #3b3a39;\">Muniyaras, made of three or more upright stones and a huge capstone, are believed to be the burial site of the people of the prehistoric period about 2000 years ago, the earliest inhabitants of the High Ranges. \u00a0All the structures have similar features pointing out that they were made during a particular period of time either by a nomadic tribe or the inhabitants of the earlier time. It is believed that these are tombs and that they are the remaining evidence of a tribe who revered the dead. \u00a0There are a varieties of sizes, but all have the same basic formation. \u00a0When you look at the structure, you wonder how the large piece of granite was made and then placed on the top. \u00a0Unfortunately, not much archaeological work has been done with them. \u00a0In 1985, some pottery and iron metal pieces were found in the chambers but there has been no action taken to protect them. \u00a0There full story remains a mystery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One day we took a drive up the mountain side and stopped to overlook the valley. \u00a0Behind us on the rocks are some strange looking &#8216;houses&#8217;&#8230; Muniyaras. \u00a0Muniyaras, made of three or more upright stones and a huge capstone, are believed to be the burial site of the people of the prehistoric period about 2000 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/?p=354\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Muniyaras&#8230;. in the mountains near Munnar&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lairds.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}