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MADURANTAKAM |
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Presumably some
sage used these articles in the past. The news spread in the town and it was thought that
Peria Nambi might have used these for the initiation ceremony of Ramanuja. At present one
can go down to the cave through a flight of 20 steps and have a look at the copper finds.
About 150 years ago, during the regime of the East India Company, one Leonald Place
happened to be Collector of Chingleput District. Since a very long time,
Madurantakam had a big reservoir for preserving rainwater for agricultural purposes. But
the bund used to be breached during the rains, thereby causing great loss and damage. Mr.
Leonald Place took upon himself the task of preventing the breaches by constructing a
waste weir and by strengthening the bund. In the year 1795, he completed the work at a
cost of 8000 pagodas (a pagoda was about 312- rupees in value). |
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