evidence: Bird in stone! Jatayu is world’s biggest sculpture Spread over 65 acres across four hills, the Jatayu Earth’s Centre hosts the world’s largest bird sculpture at an awesome height of 1,000 feet from the bottom of the hill. The bird is none other than the heroic Jatayu, glorified in the Ramayana for valiantly trying to save Sita. [...] The story of Jatayu: The hill has mythical markings and a temple fenced outside the tourist area. Legend has it that it was on a rocky peak near Chadayamangalam village that the mythical Jatayu fell while trying to save Sita from the clutches of Ravana. After a fierce fight in the air, his wings were chopped off with Chandrahasa, the sword of Ravana. Jatayu fell over this rock and waited, braving extreme weather and surviving on water he extracted from the hard rock. This pond, which is said to have never dried, is seen near the sculpture along with the footprint of Rama which got imprinted on the rock while he released the soul of Jatayu from the ailing body.