• Mr. Naresh Kumar. A
• Dr. C. Deepa

In olden days, stones were used to mark the graves. Stones were kept as a mark of respect to the dead. People were buried in smaller plots. And those plots were near their homes. Many of them were not buried in Cemeteries meant for the dead. An individual chamber was used to bury all the dead in the family. Time passed and churchyard burials became popular. The dead in the particular Parish were buried in the same churchyard. The place was owned by the church. In course of time, there came, individual or family graves. Stones were kept near the head of the dead as an honour. These Stones contained simple inscriptions such as the name of the dead. As time passed, there came a change in the process of commemoration of the dead. Short Sayings and Drawings adorned the grave stones. Elaborate funeral customs included the art of filling the headstones with literary flavour.

Epitaphs, Headstones, Death, Funeral, Ornaments, Heart of Man, Heaven's distant lamps, Heart and Memory and Highway of life,

"Epitaphs as Exponents of Literary Flavour", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no.b115-b120, April-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204114.pdf

"Epitaphs as Exponents of Literary Flavour", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no. ppb115-b120, April-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204114.pdf