கல்லனை அணை | Kallanai Dam, Tiruchi | Grand Anicut | History | Trichy | Thiruchirappalli | Thanjavur
கல்லனை அணை
World’s oldest functioning dam
Located at a distance of only 15 km from Tiruchirapalli, the Kallanai Dam is built across the flowing River Kaveri. The dam was originally constructed by the Chola king Karikalan It spans over 1079 feet and is over 66 feet wide! This ancient dam was originally constructed about 2000 years ago, and it is the oldest functional water regulator structure in the entire country. It may not have much else to offer, but the mesmerising view is surely going to be worth taking a detour. The dam also serves as an inspiration for modern-day dams due to the excellent engineering behind it.
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கல்லணை - KALLANAI DAM I GRAND ANICUT l Weekend Food & Travel
Kallanai (also known as the Grand Anicut) is an ancient dam, which is built (in running water) across the Kaveririver in Tiruchirappalli District in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Located at a distance of 15 km from Tiruchirappalli, the dam was originally constructed by the Chola king Karikalan in c. 100 BC – c. 100 AD.It is located on Kaveri river approximately 20 KM from Trichy city, the dam falls under Thanjavur district and is the fourth-oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structures in the world and the oldest in India which is still in use.
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கல்லணை (Grand Anicut) தமிழ்நாட்டில் உள்ள உலக பழமை வாய்ந்த அணையாகும். இந்த அணை கரிகால சோழனால் 1 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டில் காவிரி ஆற்றின் மீது கட்டப்பட்டது. இந்த அணை தஞ்சாவூர் மாவட்டத்தில், பூதலூர் வட்டத்தில் அமைந்துள்ளது. காவிரி ஆறானது கொள்ளிடம், காவிரி, வெண்ணாறு, புது ஆறு என 4 ஆகப் பிரிகிறது.பாசன காலங்களில் காவிரி, வெண்ணாறு, புது ஆறு ஆகியவற்றிலும், வெள்ளக் காலங்களில் கொள்ளிடத்திலும் தண்ணீர் கல்லணையில் இருந்து திறந்துவிடப்படும்.
தற்போதுள்ள அணைகளில் கல்லணையே மிக பழமையானது எனவும், புழக்கத்தில் உள்ளது எனவும் அறியப்படுகிறது. இதுவே உலகின் மிகப்பழமையான நீர்ப்பாசனத் திட்டம் என்றும் கூறப்படுகிறது.பல நூற்றாண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு தமிழகத்தை ஆண்ட கரிகால சோழன் காவிரியில் அடிக்கடி பெருவெள்ளம் வந்து மக்கள் துயரப்பட்டதைக் கண்டு அதைத் தடுக்க காவிரியில் ஒரு பெரிய அணையைக் கட்ட முடிவெடுத்தான். ஒரு நொடிக்கு இரண்டு லட்சம் கனநீர் பாயும் காவிரியின் தண்ணீர் மேல் அணைக்கட்டுவதற்கும் ஒரு வழியைக் கண்டுபிடித்தார்கள் தமிழர்கள். காவிரி ஆற்றின் மீது பெரிய பாறைகளைக் கொண்டுவந்து போட்டனர். அந்தப் பாறைகளும் நீர் அரிப்பின் காரணமாக கொஞ்சம் கொஞ்சமாக மண்ணுக்குள் சென்றன. அதன் மேல் வேறொரு பாறையை வைத்து நடுவே தண்ணீரில் கரையாத ஒருவித ஒட்டும் களி மண்ணைப் புதிய பாறைகளில் பூசி இரண்டையும் ஒட்டிக்கொள்ளும் விதமாகச் செய்தனர். இதுவே இவ்வணையினைக் கட்டப் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்ட தொழில்நுட்பமாகும்.
கல்லணை பலகாலம் மணல் மேடாகி நீரோட்டம் தடைப்பட்டது. ஒருங்கிணைந்த தஞ்சை மாவட்டம் தொடர்ச்சியாக வெள்ளத்தாலும், வறட்சியாலும் வளமை குன்றியது. இந்த சூழலில் 1829 இல் காவிரி பாசன பகுதி தனி பொறுப்பாளராக ஆங்கிலேய அரசால் சர் ஆர்தர் காட்டன் நியமிக்கப்பட்டார்.இவர்தான் பயனற்று இருந்த கல்லணையில் தைரியமாக சிறு சிறு பகுதியாய் பிரித்து எடுத்து மணல் போக்கிகளை அமைத்தார். அப்போது, கல்லணைக்கு அமைக்கப்பட்ட அடித்தளத்தை ஆராய்ந்த அவர் பழந்தமிழரின் அணை கட்டும் திறனையும் பாசன மேலாண்மையையும் உலகுக்கு எடுத்துக் கூறினார். கல்லணைக்கு கிரான்ட் அணைகட் என்ற பெயரையும் சூட்டினார்.
பழைமையான இந்த அணையை கட்டிய கரிகால சோழனை கெளரவிக்க கல்லணையில் மணி மண்டபம் அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
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ROCKFORT AND KALLANAI DAM(GRAND ANICUT) TIRUCHIRAPALLI-உச்சிப் பிள்ளையார்-MY DIFFERENT TRAVEL
Ucchi Pillayar koil, (Tamil: உச்சிப் பிள்ளையார் கோயில்) is a 7th-century Hindu temple, one dedicated to Lord Ganesh located a top of Rockfort, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India. place to visit in Tamilnadu....travel guide-MY DIFFERENT TRAVEL
The name Rockfort comes from frequent military fortifications built here, first by the emperors of the Vijayanagara Empire and later by the British Empire during the Carnatic Wars. The oldest structure in the fort is a cave temple built by the Pallavas in 580. During the Chola period, the nearby town of Woraiyur was their capital, but the Pallavas did not keep control of this strategic city and lost it to the Pandyas. The Cholas reasserted themselves in the 10th century. Trichy continued to be in their possession until the decline of the empire, after which it became a Vijayanagara stronghold. In the mid 14th century, the region was controlled by the Delhi Sultanate after Malik Kafur's raid on South India. They were ousted and the region came under the control of Vijayanagara. During the early part of the 16th century, the region came under the control of the Madurai Nayaks, who were the earlier governors of Vijayanagara Empire. However, it was under the Nayaks of Madurai that Tiruchirapalli prospered in its own right and grew to be the city that it is today. The Madurai Nayaks constructed the Rock Fort Temple Lake along with major walls as foundations, establishing the town as a trading city and later, their capital.
The fort palace also witnessed the transfer of power from Queen Meenakshi to Chanda Sahib, as he ruled in conjunction with the alliance with the Kingdom of France. He lost this command when his uncle, the Nawab of the Carnatic along with the British, seized the fort after the Carnatic wars. This enabled the British to gain a foothold in Tamil Nadu and later all of South India.
The rock is said to be one of the oldest formations in the world. It is 3.8 billion years old, making it as old as the rocks in Greenland and older than the Himalayas.[5] Quartz, used in glass making, and feldspar, used in ceramics, are found in this rock formation.
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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” . “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”
The Kallanai was built to divert floods from the Kaveri branch of the river into the Kollidam branch “via a short connecting stream” “when the water level in the river rose above its crest” . The Kollidam “was the wider (also the steeper, straighter, and hence faster) of the two [river] branches, and…the flood carrier. It was barely used for irrigation. Almost all of the 600,000 acres irrigated by the river in 1800 were delta lands south of the Kaveri branch. So the Kaveri branch was the lifeline for delta farmers, while the Kollidam was of little consequence for them” .
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Kallanai The Grand Anicut
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Kallanai also known as the Grand Anicut Dam
Kallanai (கல்லணை) Dam - Tamil Nadu (Thanjavur District)
Kallanai Dam
Kallanai (also known as the Grand Anicut , Tamil : கல்லணை) is an ancient dam, which is built (in running water) across the Kaveri river in Thanjavur District in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. Located at a distance of 15 km from Tiruchirapalli, the dam was originally constructed by the Chola king Karikala around the 2nd century CE. and is the fourth-oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structures in the world which is still in use.
The dam was originally built by Karikala around second century CE. The idea behind constructing the dam was to divert the river to the delta districts thereby boosting irrigation. The dam was re-modeled by the British during the 19th century. In 1804, captain Caldwell, a military engineer was appointed by the British to make a study on the Kaveri river and promote irrigation for the delta region. He found that a large amount of water passed onto the Kollidam leaving behind a small volume for irrigation purposes. Caldwell initially proposed a solution by raising the dam and hence raised the dam stones to a height of 69 centimetres (27 in), thus increasing the capacity of the dam. Following this, Major Sim proposed the idea of undersluices across the river with outlets leading to the Kollidam River (Coleroon) thus preventing formation of silt. The Lower Anaicut built by Sir Arthur Cotton in 19th century CE across Coleroon, the major tributary of Cauvery, is said to be a replicated structure of Kallanai.
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Kallanai (The Grand Anicut) - World's oldest functioning dam
Location: Tiruchchirappalli, TamilNadu, India
Kallanai, also called as the Grand Anicut, is an ancient dam, which is built across the Kaveri river. It is located at a distance of 15 km from Tiruchirappalli, the dam was originally constructed by the Chola king Karikalan in 2nd century AD. It is also the fourth-oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structures in the world and the oldest in India which is still in use.
2000 ஆண்டுகள் கழிந்தும் கம்பீரமாக நிற்கும் கல்லணை!| kallanai dam
2000 ஆண்டுகள் கழிந்தும் கம்பீரமாக நிற்கும் கல்லணை!| kallanai dam
In this video, we will see the news about kallanai dam and kallanai dam history in tamil. People in Tamil Nadu widely believe that Karikalan built the Kallanai dam, also known as the Grand Anicut. There is a memorial at the kallanai dam site to honor him. It features a bronze statue of the king. The main function of the Kallanai dam or Grand Anicut was to keep the waters of the Cauvery away from the faster and steeper Kollidam (Coleroon) during normal times, while allowing floodwaters to be safely transported from the Cauvery to the sea via the Kollidam.
Dr Niranjchana Devi .R. on Kallanai - The Grand Anaicut
This interview was shot for Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai in 2015
அழகிய கல்லணை திருச்சி | 2000 Year Old Dam | The Grand Anicut (Kallanai) Trichy | 1080P HD
கல்லணை இந்தியாவின் தமிழ்நாட்டில் உள்ள உலக பழமை வாய்ந்த அணையாகும். இது காவிரி மீது கட்டப்பட்டுள்ளது. இது திருச்சிக்கு மிக அருகில் உள்ளது. திருச்சியில் அகண்ட காவேரி என அறியப்படும் காவிரி முக்கொம்பில் உள்ள மேலணையில் காவேரி, கொள்ளிடம் என இரண்டாக பிரிகிறது. அதில் காவிரி ஆறு கிளை கல்லணையை வந்தடைகிறது. கல்லணை காவிரியை காவிரி ஆறு, வெண்ணாறு, புது ஆறு, கொள்ளிடம் என 4 ஆக பிரிக்கிறது.
பாசன காலங்களில் காவிரி, வெண்ணாறு, புது ஆறு ஆகியவற்றிலும், வெள்ள காலங்களில் கொள்ளிடத்திலும் தண்ணிர் கல்லணையில் இருந்து திறந்துவிடப்படும். அதாவது வெள்ள காலங்களில் கல்லணைக்கு வரும் நீர் காவிரிக்கு இடது புறம் ஓடும் கொள்ளிடம் ஆற்றில் (முக்கொம்பில் காவிரியில் இருந்து பிரிந்த கிளை ஆறு ) திருப்பி விடப்படும். எனவே டெல்டா மாவட்டத்தின் பல இலட்சம் ஏக்கர் நிலம் வெள்ளத்தில் இருந்து காப்பற்றப்படுகிறது. இந்த அணை கரிகாலன் என்ற சோழ மன்னனால் 2 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டில் கட்டப்பட்டது. தற்போதுள்ள அணைகளில் கல்லணையே மிக பழமையானது எனவும், தற்போதும் புழக்கத்தில் உள்ளது எனவும் அறியப்படுகிறது. இதுவே உலகின் மிகப்பழமையான நீர்ப்பாசனத் திட்டம் என்றும் கூறப்படுகிறது. மணலில் அடித்தளம் அமைத்து கல்லணையைக் கட்டிய பழந்தமிழர் தொழில்நுட்பம் இன்று வரை வியத்தகு சாதனையாகப் புகழப்படுகிறது.
கல்லணையின் நீளம் 1080 அடி அகலம் 66 அடி உயரம் 18 அடி. இது நெளிந்து வளைந்த அமைப்புடன் காணப்படுகிறது. கல்லும் களிமண்ணும் மட்டுமே சேர்ந்த ஓர் அமைப்பு 1900 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு மேலாக காவிரி வெள்ளத்தைத் தடுத்து நிறுத்தி வருவது அதிசயமே ஆகும். 1839 இல் அணையின் மீது பாலம் ஒன்று கட்டப்பட்டது. பல இடங்களிலிருந்து தினந்தோறும் ஏராளமானோர் இவ்வணையைக் காண வருவதால், இது ஒரு சுற்றுலாத் தலமாகவும் விளங்குகிறது.
Kallanai (also known as the Grand Anicut) is an ancient dam, which is built (in running water) across the Kaveri river in Thanjavur District in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India.[1] Located at a distance of 15 km from Tiruchirapalli, the dam was originally constructed by the Chola king Karikala around the 2nd century CE. and is the fourth-oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structures in the world which is still in use.
The dam was originally built by Karikala around second century CE. The idea behind constructing the dam was to divert the river to the delta districts thereby boosting irrigation. The dam was re-modeled by the British during the 19th century. In 1804, captain Caldwell, a military engineer was appointed by the British to make a study on the Kaveri river and promote irrigation for the delta region. He found that a large amount of water passed onto the Kollidam leaving behind a small volume for irrigation purposes. Caldwell initially proposed a solution by raising the dam and hence raised the dam stones to a height of 69 centimetres (27 in), thus increasing the capacity of the dam. Following this, Major Sim proposed the idea of undersluices across the river with outlets leading to the Kollidam River (Coleroon) thus preventing formation of silt. The Lower Anaicut built by Sir Arthur Cotton in 19th century CE across Coleroon, the major tributary of Cauvery, is said to be a replicated structure of Kallanai.
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உலகிலேயே 2000 ஆண்டுகள் பழமையான தமிழனின் கட்டுமானம் - கல்லணை | history of kallanai dam in tamil |
உலகிலேயே 2000 ஆண்டு பழமையான புழக்கத்தில் உள்ள ஒரே அணை - கல்லணை | #history of #kallanai dam in #tamil | grand anicut | history epi 19 .
Kallanai is an ancient dam, which is built (in running water) across the Kaveri river in Trichy District in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. Located at a distance of 15 km from Tiruchirapalli, the dam was originally constructed by the Chola king Karikalan in 2nd century AD. This dam is beautiful #tourist place in tamilnadu.
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Kallanai (also known as the Grand Anicut) is an ancient dam, which is built (in running water) across the Kaveri river in Thogur - Koviladi village, Budalur Taluk in Thanjavur District in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Located at a distance of 15 km from Tiruchirappalli, the dam was originally constructed by the Chola king Karikalan in c. 100 BC – c. 100 AD. It is located on Kaveri river approximately 20 KM from Trichy city, the dam comes under Thanjavur district. It is the fourth-oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structures in the world and the oldest in India which is still in use
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Kallanai (also known as the Grand Anicut) is an ancient dam built across the River Kaveri in Tiruchirapalli Dist in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. The dam was originally constructed by the Chola King Karikala around 2nd century AD and considered to be one of the oldest water-diversion or water regulator structures in the world which is still in use. The dam was remodeled by the British during 19th century.As far as my background music is concerned my sincere thanks will go to Youtube library for allowing me to use this lovely music..
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The dam was originally built by King Karikalan of the Chola Dynasty in c. 100 BC – c. 100 AD. It is located on the River in Tiruchirapalli District, approximately 20km from the city of Tiruchirapalli. It is the fourth-oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structures in the world and the oldest in India which is still in use, The dam was re-modeled by the British during the 19th century. In 1804, The Lower Anaicut built by Sir Arthur Cotton in the 19th century CE across Coleroon, the major tributary of Cauvery, is said to be a replicated structure of Kallanai.
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Kallanai (also known as the Grand Anicut , Tamil : கல்லணை) is an ancient dam, which is built (in running water) across the Kaveri river in Tiruchirappalli District in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.[1] Located at a distance of 15 km from Tiruchirappalli, the dam was originally constructed by the Chola king Karikalan in 2nd century AD. It is located on Kaveri river approximately 20 KM from Trichy city, the dam falls under Thanjavur district .[2][3] and is the fourth-oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structures in the world and the oldest in India which is still in use
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Kallanai is an ancient dam, which is built (in running water) across the Kaveri river in Thanjavur District in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Located at a distance of 15 km from Tiruchirappalli, the dam was originally constructed by the Chola king Karikalan in 2nd century AD. It is located on Kaveri river approximately 20 KM from Trichy city, the dam falls under Thanjavur district . and is the fourth-oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structures in the world and the oldest in India which is still in use.
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Visit to Kallanai Dam,Located at a distance of 15 km from Tiruchirappalli, the dam was originally constructed by the Chola king Karikalan in c. 100 BC – c. 100 AD. It is located on Kaveri river approximately 20 KM from Trichy city, the dam comes under Thanjavur district. Il is the fourth-oldest water-diversion or water-regulator structures in the world and the oldest in India which is still in use.
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24 SEP 2018... In 4K.....Kallanai also known aa the Grand Anicut is an ancient dam built by Chola Dynasty in the second century AD across the river Kaveri in Tiruchirappalli Dist in the State of Tamil Nadu, India...the dam was remodeled by the British during the 19th Century....background music Jamendo artist Thissan, my grateful thanks go to the artist