Ariyannur Umbrellas

Ariyannur Umbrellas
Ariyannur Umbrellas
Native name; അരിയന്നൂർ കുടക്കല്ല് (Malayalam)
	A view of three umbrella stones
Location	Thrissur, Kerala
Governing body	Archaeological Survey of India
	Location of Ariyannur Umbrellas in Kerala

Ariyannur Umbrellas is a prehistoric Megalith burial site situated in Ariyannur in Kandanassery Panchayat of Thrissur District of Kerala. Archaeological Survey of India in 1951 declared it as a centrally protected monument. The site has six umbrella stones or mushroom stones, locally called Kudaikkallu. Of them, four are intact and two are partially broken.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] .
These are part of the larger Kudakkallu Parambu complex which is believed to be from ~2000 BCE.

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