TURA POOL, Kuttiadi, Kuttiyadi

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

What appears to consist of a closed depression (doline), perhaps in laterite, has been reported as a reservoir of fresh water [?] locally known Tura, which is 1,080 feet [329 m] long by 218 feet [66 m] wide [and, according to legend] fabled to have been excavated by the Pandus [the Pandava brothers of Mahabharata fame] in pre-historic period (C. Kunhi Kannam in LOGAN 1887-1891, 2 -Kurumbranad taluk- page: cccxviii). SITUATION (C. Kunhi Kannam in LOGAN 1887-1891, 2 -Kurumbranad taluk-: cccxviii): Somewhere in the administrative subdivision Kuttiyadi amsam (note 1) and at a (travelling?) distance of 12 miles (19 km) approximately south-east of Badagara (note 2).What appears to consist of a closed depression (doline), perhaps in laterite, has been reported as a reservoir of fresh water [?] locally known Tura, which is 1,080 feet [329 m] long by 218 feet [66 m] wide [and, according to legend] fabled to have been excavated by the Pandus [the Pandava brothers of Mahabharata fame] in pre-historic period (C. Kunhi Kannam in LOGAN 1887-1891, 2 -Kurumbranad taluk- page: cccxviii). SITUATION (C. Kunhi Kannam in LOGAN 1887-1891, 2 -Kurumbranad taluk-: cccxviii): Somewhere in the administrative subdivision Kuttiyadi amsam (note 1) and at a (travelling?) distance of 12 miles (19 km) approximately south-east of Badagara (note 2).