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An ancient RWH system effective till now – The Hindu
“Water from every nook and corner of the 12-acre temple premises drains into the tank”
While the district administration is stressing the need to implement rainwater harvesting systems in buildings across the district, a system, which is thousands of years old, continues to effectively function at the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple.
The ‘Pottramarai’ or Golden Lotus tank is one of the very few temple tanks in the district which still continues to have water even after scarce rains and the scorching sun.
“The rainwater harvesting system which is in place ensures that water from every nook and corner of the 12-acre temple premises drains into the temple tank,” a senior engineer at the Meenakshi temple said.
“There are pipe-like structures cleverly designed as pillars which take the water from the terraces in the temple during the rains, to the underground channels. Water from near the ‘Sannadhis’, ‘Prahaarams’ and the Adi streets also drain into the underground channels which lead to the temple tank,” he explains.
Read more: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-pape...-system-effective-till-now/article6103027.ece
“Water from every nook and corner of the 12-acre temple premises drains into the tank”
While the district administration is stressing the need to implement rainwater harvesting systems in buildings across the district, a system, which is thousands of years old, continues to effectively function at the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple.
The ‘Pottramarai’ or Golden Lotus tank is one of the very few temple tanks in the district which still continues to have water even after scarce rains and the scorching sun.
“The rainwater harvesting system which is in place ensures that water from every nook and corner of the 12-acre temple premises drains into the temple tank,” a senior engineer at the Meenakshi temple said.
“There are pipe-like structures cleverly designed as pillars which take the water from the terraces in the temple during the rains, to the underground channels. Water from near the ‘Sannadhis’, ‘Prahaarams’ and the Adi streets also drain into the underground channels which lead to the temple tank,” he explains.
Read more: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-pape...-system-effective-till-now/article6103027.ece
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