Puntukas

Its reddish mass includes large crystals of potassium feldspar surrounded by green rings of oligoclase.

[1] In 1943, sculptor Bronius Pundzius engraved portraits and quotes from last wills of Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas for the 10th anniversary of their deaths during the transatlantic flight with Lituanica,the sculpting process took about 180 days.

A local legend has it that velnias (devil in the Lithuanian mythology) carried the stone to destroy the Anykščiai Church, however a rooster crowed.

Other legends claim that the stone was a pagan shrine and that oaks growing around are relics of the sacred groves.

[6] On the road from Oniksht to Vilkomir there is a huge stone up to 40 ft circumference called Pantuke and which formerly served as an altar, Criwo-Cyrwaito or Pantukis, accused of blasphemy, was executed there.

Puntukas stone from a far
A 2013 2 litai coin
Pavasarininkai at Puntukas in 1938