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                       Coodinates:   9.9195° N, 78.1193° E                                            The Temple is Historic Place located in River Bank of Vaikai(@Madurai).This temple is dedicated to the Godess Meenachi and God Sundhareshwarar.It is present in the heart of madurai. The temple forms the heart and lifeline of the 2500 year old city of Madurai.    In this place Birth of Tatatagai was occur, who is Daughter of second Pandya king Malayadwaja Pandya . The Lingam workshiped in this temple is  swayambu lingam (self formed lingam, a representation of Shiva used for worship in temples).

                   Arulmozhivarman, a Tamil emperor who was popular as Rajaraja Chola I laid out foundations of  Brihadeeswarar  Temple  during 1002 CE. It was first among other great building projects by Tamil Chola. Main purpose of building this temple was to grace throne of Chola Empire with compliance of one command Rajaraja Chola I receive in a dream. Grandeur and scale is in Chola tradition. A symmetrical and axial geometry rules layout of this temple. Temples from same period and two following centuries are expressions of Tamils Chola power, artistic expertise and wealth. Emergence of these types of features, such as multifaceted columns along with projecting signals of square capitals signifies arrival of Chola style, which was new at that time. Brihadeeswarar Temple’s build was like one royal temple for displaying emperor’s vision for relationship and power to universal order. This temple was one site of pr...

                 The Kallanai Dam was “[built] during the second century AD by Karikalan, a king of southern India's old Chola Dynasty” and “is also one of the oldest irrigation systems in the world that is still in use” (Agoramoorthy and Hsu, 2008). “The purpose of the dam was to divert the waters of the Kaveri across the fertile Thanjavur delta region for irrigation via canals. Since the English arrived in the eighteenth century, the Kallanai has been tampered with and other hydraulic structures have been added nearby. It is therefore difficult to extrapolate from the current situation into the past to understand the workings of the anicut” (Bijker, 2007).   Approximate Year of Completion 200 AD.The exact location of the Kallanai is in the Trichy District. Construction details                                   ...