Place · ringing stone · India
Thinthini Pakhna, Koteya
A stone at Koteya near Darima that rings with a clear metallic note when struck with another stone, and is known from that sound as thinthini.
Adivasi historiesMoney & materials
- Periods
- Regional Flourishing, Islamic Age and Bhakti Traditions, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Archaeology & heritage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 23.048, 83.211
Worth knowing
Lithophones of this kind are rare and are usually the result of unusually dense, fine-grained rock under tension. The musical pillars of south Indian temples work on the same principle, cut deliberately rather than found.
Sources
Commissioner, Surguja Division (division-surguja.cg.gov.in), tourist-destination pages, 2026; coordinates supplied by the editor
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