Hire Benkal: Ancient Monuments of Southern India In southern India, nearly a thousand stone chambers resembling burial monuments are scattered across a place known by locals as the “Hill of the Dwarfs.” These mysterious structures, nestled in the hills around a village called Hire Benkal, are attributed by local lore to a race of small, mystical beings. Hire Benkal, a quiet village in Karnataka, is surrounded by rugged hills, mango orchards, and fields irrigated by a nearby canal. At first