Paliya near the cremation ground, Gujarat

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Memorial to clan's valour. These paliya (memorial stones) with chhatri commemorate the various members of the jhala clan slain in battle between 100and 1800 cent. AD and their womenfolk who committed sati. With pyramidal roofs supported on columns ornamented with floral or chain motifs, about 50 chhatri survive. the largest measures of the chhatri roof is 16 m. by 10 m. The smallest is 3 m. by 3 m. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and Digital Betacam. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use