Kallanai (Grand Anicut)

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ancient dam heritage structure stone masonry dam tourist attraction water-regulation structure

Kallanai (Grand Anicut) is an ancient stone dam built across the Kaveri River in Tamil Nadu, India, and is one of the oldest water-regulation structures still in use.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Grand Anicut 1
Kallanai (Grand Anicut) canonical 1
Lower Anicut 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient dam ⓘ
heritage structure ⓘ
stone masonry dam ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
water-regulation structure ⓘ
builtBy Karikala Chola ⓘ
builtByDynasty Chola dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Early Chola dynasty
constructedFromMaterial stone ⓘ
unhewn stone ⓘ
constructionStartCentury 2nd century CE ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
crosses Kaveri ⓘ
surface form: Kaveri River
culturalSignificance important monument of Chola engineering ⓘ
symbol of traditional water management in Tamil Nadu ⓘ
designType barrage ⓘ
diversion weir ⓘ
estimatedConstructionPeriod c. 2nd century CE ⓘ
governingBody Government of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
hasAlias Kallanai (Grand Anicut) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grand Anicut

Kallanai Dam ⓘ
hasNearbyStructure Kallanai (Grand Anicut) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lower Anicut

Kallanai (Grand Anicut) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Upper Anicut
height about 20 feet ⓘ
heritageStatus one of the oldest water-regulation structures still in use ⓘ
irrigatesRegion Cauvery Delta farmlands ⓘ
Kaveri River Delta ⓘ
surface form: Thanjavur delta
length about 1,080 feet ⓘ
about 329 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Tiruchirappalli district ⓘ
locatedInRegion Kaveri River Delta ⓘ
surface form: Cauvery Delta
locatedNear Tanjore ⓘ
surface form: Thanjavur

Tiruchirappalli ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Kaveri ⓘ
surface form: Kaveri River
maintainedBy Tamil Nadu Public Works Department ⓘ
surface form: Public Works Department of Tamil Nadu
managesWaterFor Cauvery Delta irrigation system ⓘ
notableFor ancient hydraulic engineering ⓘ
influence on later dam design in South India ⓘ
longevity of operation ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
water regulation ⓘ
stillInUse true ⓘ
usedFor agricultural irrigation ⓘ
diversion of river water ⓘ
width about 60 feet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tiruchirappalli → hasLandmark → Kallanai (Grand Anicut) ⓘ
Kallanai (Grand Anicut) → hasAlias → Kallanai (Grand Anicut) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kallanai
this entity surface form: Grand Anicut
Kallanai (Grand Anicut) → hasNearbyStructure → Kallanai (Grand Anicut) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kallanai
this entity surface form: Upper Anicut
Kallanai (Grand Anicut) → hasNearbyStructure → Kallanai (Grand Anicut) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kallanai
this entity surface form: Lower Anicut