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Cannon balls found in Big temple
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FORTIFICATION: Cannon balls found in a locked room at the entrance of the Big temple in Thanjavur on Monday. — Photo: R. Shivaji Rao
THANAJVUR:
About 100 cannon balls were found in a locked room at Keralandhagan Gopuram at the entrance of the Big temple on Monday.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which maintains the temple, launched a massive cleaning operation a few days ago in the temple. When workers opened an old room at the base of the gopuram they found the canon balls.
T. Satyamurthy, Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Chennai circle, told The Hindu that the presence of the cannon balls indicated that the temple was used as a fort during war. The cannon balls would be handed over to a museum.
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