• Karikala Chola
They
attribute to him the conquest of the whole of India up to the Himalayas and
the construction of the flood banks,
Grand Anicut, of the Kaveri River with the aid of his feudatories.
The Grand Anicut, also known as the Kallanai , is an ancient
dam built on the Kaveri River in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. It
is located about 20 km from Tiruchirapalli. It was built by the Chola king
Karikala Chola around the 2nd Century AD and is considered one of the oldest
water-diversion or water-regulator structures in the world, which is still in
use. It still stands as a symbol of Dravidian Engineering
Grand Anicut
The purpose of the Kallanai was to divert the waters of the
Kaveri across the fertile delta region for irrigation via canals. The dam
splits the river Kaveri into 4 streams. It is constructed from unhewn stone
spanning the Kaveri and is 329 m (1,079 ft) long, 20 m (66 ft) wide and 5.4 m
(18 ft) high. The dam is still in excellent repair, and supplied a model to
later engineers. By the early 20th century, the irrigated area had been
increased to about one million acres.
• Kocengannan
Kocengannan is
potrayed as a Shiva devotee who built many temples dedicated to Shiva along the
banks of the River Kaveri
Thiruvanaikaval is a famous Shiva temple in Tiruchirapalli
built by Kocengannan.It is one of the five main Shiva temples in Tamil Nadu and
had insciptions about the Cholas. Each of the five temples represent the five
elements of nature – earth,water,fire,sky
and air, with Thiruvanaikaval representing water.
There are 5 enclosures inside the temple. The entrance has a
huge and magnificent seven tiered Raja Gopuran in the entrance.
Thiruvanaikaval
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambukeswarar_Temple,_Thiruvanaikaval)
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