World 🢖 Asia 🢖 India 🢖 Tamil Nadu

Water supply infrastructure 🢔 Industrial and infrastructure heritage 🢔 Archaeological wonders 🢔 Categories of wonders

Wonder

Kallanai (Grand Anicut)

Kallanai dam
Kallanai dam / Thangaraj Kumaravel, Flickr / CC BY 2.0

WorldBlue  In short

An ancient, 329 meters long dam on Kaveri River, built around the 2nd century BC. Dam is still in use – it is rebuilt and modernised.

4 out of 10 stars 40.3%

GPS coordinates
10.8302 N 78.8188 E
Location, address
Asia, India, Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur District, Budalur Taluk, across Kaveri River
Industrial and infrastructure heritage, Hydropower plants and dams
Grand Anicut

Map of the site

Travelers' Map is loading...
If you see this after your page is loaded completely, leafletJS files are missing.


0 0 votes
Article Rating
Subscribe
Notify of
guest

0 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments