No trip to the Cauvery delta is complete if one does not visit the grand Kal Anai. It was even impossible for me to imagine that the Grand Anicut was built way back in the 2nd century and is still in use. It is the oldest water diversion project in the world that is still in use. When dam construction is being toted as a huge project today with all the mechanization involved in the construction process, wonder how long, and how many years, and how many people it would have taken to construct this massive structure across the Cauvery in the 2nd century AD?
Karikala Peruvalathan, whose leg was scorched in a fire when he was a young man, was also known to be a fearless warrior and a staunch shaivite. He is one of the architects of the chola dynasty which rose to even higher levels during the reign of Raja Raja Chozhan.
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Where is this place? How to reach here
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