Thread by @hormndoc

This thread will have some potpourri stuff from GKC large deep well (right in pic current level in pic 2 so what is with the lion.. the simha kupa is actually a step well

When the water is abundant you just grab it from the entrance as it recedes you walk done (see the dome of the passage in pic 2 all the way down till the water reaches about 35 feet ( wondering if there are any secret passages around 😀)

Nice view

These parikrama ruins are courtesy jatavarman sundarapandian I - the story goes that while sparing the temple he showed his wrath on everything else.. after flattening the royal residences and others ploughed the field yolked to a donkey and planted wild mustard

A heap of stones remained for years in this area - they were used by the Brits when the grand anaicut was made

Some beautiful shots of the temple - don't do justice to the grandeur bakthi or sophistication of the cholas under the pandita chola.

This summarises the chola spirit - an army of 9.7 lakhs a 3000 ship navy that reached gadaram in 30 yamas - always felt that if rajendra had marched north west - a tumultuous period could have been .. all the lakes we enjoy and lay plots on from veerANam to mathuranthakam and

and the really huge chozha ganga (rajendra created a jala stambam here) are the bequeath of the chozhas to us.
Unlike in tanjore there is no inscription attributing the temple to rajendra I - they are elsewhere and much after him.
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*300 ship
Interesting sideline was apparently the lower decks were filled with water barrels and in the upper decks plants to provide basic food and supplies (hmmm)

Also this story about using tortoise migration paths - sea currents to reach gadaram

Will provide links to other threads here when I m done. Done some thematic threads on several aspects - at this time they are in my TL
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