MAHAMAGHAM - GANGES CONDUIT

Location

A fabulous underground water-course flows rythmically every twelve years from the sacred Ganges river to a man-made water reservoir at Kumbakonam (note 1). »Kumbakonam City (Sanskrit, kumbha, 'water-pot', and ghona, 'nose', old Tamil, kundandai) … situated in N10°58': E079°22' on the banks of the Cauvery, with a station on the main line of the South Indian Railway, 194 miles from Madras. … The Mahamagham festival once in twelve years attracts an immense concourse of visitors from all parts ofIndia.It is the popular belief that on this occasion the Mahamagham tank [water reservoir] receives a direct supply of water from the Ganges by underground ways. [In 1909] The last festival of this kind took place in 1897« (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 23: 20-21). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 09/02/2016

NOTE 1: In the topographical world, an underground water course from the source of the river Ganges at Gaumukh (N30°55'49”: E079°04'41”) in Uttaranchal to the Mahamagham Kund in Kumbakonam town would cover a linear distance of 2'223.7 km. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 09/02/2016