Archive · 14 Jan 2026
3,000-Year-Old Human Statues Discovered in Telangana
In Telangana, India, a researcher found two very old stone statues shaped like people.
These statues are more than 3,000 years old and were made during a time called the Megalithic period.
The statues are being worshipped by local people as goddesses named Maha Lachhamma and Mutyalamma.
The researcher also found more than 100 old graves in the area, showing that many people lived there a long time ago.
These findings are important because they show early examples of art and how people in the region lived and buried their dead.
Similar statues are also worshipped in other parts of South India.
Two human-shaped stone statues over 3,000 years old were discovered in Edjarlapalli, Telangana.
The statues are worshipped by locals as deities 'Maha Lachhamma' and 'Mutyalamma'.
Discovered by Sangu Venkat Reddy, a research scholar from Kakatiya University.
More than 100 Megalithic dolmenoid cist burials were documented in the surrounding areas.
The statues represent some of the earliest known forms of human-shaped artistic expression in the region.
- Who
- Sangu Venkat Reddy, research scholar from Kakatiya University
- What
- Discovery of two human-shaped stone statues over 3,000 years old
- When
- During the study of Megalithic culture in Telangana
- Where
- Edjarlapalli in Wazedu mandal, Mulugu district, Telangana
- Why
- To document Megalithic dolmenoid cist burials and understand ancient cultural practices
- Location
- Edjarlapalli, Wazedu mandal, Mulugu district, Telangana
- Age of Statues
- Over 3,000 years old
- Period
- Megalithic period (circa 1,000–300 BCE)
- Discoverer
- Sangu Venkat Reddy, research scholar from Kakatiya University
- Number of Burial Sites
- More than 100
- Significance
- Earliest known human-shaped artistic expressions in the region
- Similar Traditions
- Worshipped as 'Bayyanna' in Jangaon and 'Deva' in Tamil Nadu