ᱛᱟᱢᱤᱞᱱᱟᱰᱩ: ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱫᱚᱦᱲᱟᱭᱮᱱ ᱛᱟᱞᱟᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱷᱟᱨᱟᱠ ᱠᱚ

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File:Kallanai.jpg|Kallanai or Grand Anicut ᱠᱟᱞᱟᱱᱟᱹᱭᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱜᱨᱟᱸᱰ ᱟᱱᱤᱠᱳᱴ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱨᱮ ᱵᱟᱸᱫᱷᱽ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱟᱱᱡᱟᱵᱷᱩᱨ ᱡᱤᱞᱟ ᱛᱟᱞᱟᱛᱮ ᱞᱤᱸᱜᱤᱱ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱵᱮᱨᱤ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱚᱞ ᱟᱠᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱠᱟᱨᱤᱠᱟᱞᱟ ᱪᱳᱞᱟ [[Karikala Chola]] ᱥᱟᱢᱨᱟᱴ ᱠᱚ ᱾ built around the 2nd century CE<ref>{{cite news |title=Flowing waters for fertile fields |url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kids/article2408778.ece |accessdate= |newspaper=The Hindu |date=29 August 2011 |location=India |first=M. |last=Balaganessin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717220026/http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/kids/article2408778.ece |archive-date=17 July 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="kallanai_googlebook">{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Vijay P. |author2=Ram Narayan Yadava |title=Water Resources System Operation: Proceedings of the International Conference on Water and Environment |publisher=Allied Publishers |year=2003 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=Bge-0XX6ip8C&pg=PA508&dq=kallanai#PPA508,M1 |isbn=978-81-7764-548-4 |page=508}}</ref><ref name="kallanai_oldest">{{cite web |url=http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/traditionwater.pdf |title=''This is the oldest stone water-diversion or water-regulator structure in the world'' |accessdate=27 May 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206130842/http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/traditionwater.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate=6 February 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9021884/Cauvery-River |title=Cauvery River&nbsp;– Britannica Online Encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Britannica.com |accessdate=23 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726171728/http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9021884/Cauvery-River |archive-date=26 July 2008 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

File:Vettuvan_Kovil_(3).jpg|[[Vettuvan Koil]], the unfinished temple is believed to have been built during the 8th century by [[Pandyas]] in Kalugumalai, a panchayat town in [[Thoothukudi district]].

File:Big Temple-Temple.jpg|The granite [[Gopuram|gopuram (tower)]] of [[Brihadeeswarar Temple]], 1010 CE

File:Back view of Raja gopuram.jpg|The pyramidal structure above the sanctum at [[Brihadisvara Temple, Gangaikonda Cholapuram|Brihadisvara Temple]]

File:Brihadeeswara Temple Entrance Gopurams, Thanjavur.JPG|Brihadeeswara Temple Entrance Gopurams at [[Thanjavur]]