Two monuments declared protected sites in Tamil Nadu
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The State authorities on Friday introduced two monuments in the State as protected sites. They are Ammakulam at Keezhravanthavadi village in Tiruvannamalai district and an elephant statue at Azhagarmalai village in Ariyalur district.
A press launch from the Department of Tamil Culture and Archaeology stated Ammakulam would possibly date again to the Sixteenth century throughout the reign of the Nayakkar kings. “During that period, they seem to have had the practice of inscribing symbols around their ponds.”
“Many of these symbols around the pond have references to the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, scenes from Periyapuranam and war scenes. Also, on the four corners of the pond, there are Nandi statues,” the discharge stated.
Similar pond
According to the discharge, the same pond is discovered at Chinnayampettai in Chengam circle. Chinnamanayakkar, who had constructed the pond there, might have arrange the Ammakulam pond as effectively, it stated.
The elephant statue at Azhagarmalai, spanning a top of 81 ft, size of 41 ft, and width of 12 ft probably dates again to Sixteenth-Seventeenth century.
“Azhagarmalai was a part of the first Rajendra Chola empire when Gangaikonda Cholapuram was its capital. The place was an important centre for the subsequent empires of the Vijayanagar and Nayakkar kingdoms,” the division stated.
Bell designs
The elephant statue’s neck and physique are seen to be adorned with designs of bells; beneath the stomach there are statues that appear to be clapping, whereas there’s a statue of a soldier beneath the elephant’s trunk that’s rested on the soldier’s head, the press launch from the division stated.
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