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Not many know about this hill in pollachi
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we're in a perumal temple of odaiyakulam village at Aanaimalai
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this perumal temple is the another part of the famous masani amman temple in Aanaimalai
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senaikalraayar temple is well known for the auspicious month of purattasi
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you can reach the temple with just 720 steps
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this hill is 1500 ft above the sea level which holds many historical facts
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There are many damaged forts can be found here which are built during Chera period
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we can still find the remains of the forts
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these stone pillars are considered as the entrance for the temple and
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we'll also see about one subway which was used as emergency exit for soldiers
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we'll analyse those things and let's move into the video!
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our journey for this hill climbing starts from Coimbatore
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welcome back to my channel, Follow jack
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we're currently in Aanaimalai and we're in a village called odayakulam
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we're standing nearby a perumal temple and you may heard about it
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this temple is another part of the famous maasani amman temple in aanaimalai
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name of the temple is senaikalraayar temple
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this temple is famous during Tamil month of Purattasi
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mostly people will visit maasani amman temple and
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many are unaware of people visiting this perumal temple which is also a part of the maasani amman temple
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we're now at the entrance and this is the small shrine and you can find steps on the right side
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we'll witness the temple after climbing
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so if you want to reach this place, from pollachi reach to aanaimalai and in aanaimalai junction
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take right and go straight on the police station road
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then you'll find the view of the hill and you can follow that
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so you can find the name board of the temple on the left side of the road
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you may also find a name board with "sitthar peedam" on it, if you take left on that
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you can reach the foothill of the temple, this is the smallest hill I ever climbed
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it's only 5% of what I usually does, if you want to experience trekking with family
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and wish to worship lord perumal, do consider this as your starting stage
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This journey will be beautiful for sure
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"divine music"
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so now we're starting to climb from the foothill of senaikalraayar temple
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there is one shrine for lord ganesha in the starting point
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so we're climbing with his blessings
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and in the starting point we can see small path on the right side
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there is one idol exist here also, name is Karuppu Raayar
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people put small lights and camphors for the God
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they will pray and proceed further on the path
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only small distance is need to be crossed like
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in 10-20 minutes walk you can reach the temple and I hope it's a simple one
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so we're started to climb this hill
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look at the steps, well painted and renovated
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also maintained well by the authorities
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the height of the temple is 1500 ft from sea level
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so as I said
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it's very simple hike that will take 10-20 minutes
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it's surrounded by good things like coconut tree yard, herbal plants
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and good villages, which you can see from here
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also I guess the scenery will be nice from the top
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the step count is 720 to be exact
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and we can worship the lord perumal once after we crossed these steps
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there are many shelters available here
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you can rest here, I only finished 30-40 steps and
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I can found this shelter, so you don't need to worry if it rains here
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this is the path we came and this is the shelter we talked about
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and Indhiran bro is with us, you may seen him in many videos of ours
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and bro gave a small hint about this place
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then he pulled me to visit this place
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during the periods of chera empire the soldiers were maintained this place
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then many rulers have changed and they’re maintaining it well till to this day
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it's also very ancient temple, it's very hard to maintain also
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- they did white wash completely and we can’t see any plastic trash up here
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- we can’t observe any plastic in our path also
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they did the cleaning well and as brother said they nailed it in the white wash too
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- they did these jobs as it's the auspicious month of purattasi
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"divine music"
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during initial days when it was built
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this temple was called as "vengada dhurkam"
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then they changed the name after changes of many rulers
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and they call it now as senaikalraayar temple
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I crossed 100 mts after that shelter and it looked like a big steep
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I can see the coconut tree farm and paddy fields
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this is the path we need to go and many North Indian workers
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are worshipping here daily and it's a good thing
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this temple is acting as the ancestral temples for many local people
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it's believed that this temple will help in marriage issues, child birth, business growth etc
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Lord Shiva and Perumal are coexist in this hill
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you may wonder, as Shiva's another avatar Dakshanamoorthy has his own shrine here
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here it is as I said
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behind this small shrine
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there is one "stone banyan tree", it's nothing but
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a tree which is grew in the gap of a rock
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it's slightly bent as you can see
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this Dakshanamoorthy is facing south, usually
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vainavam and saivam will be in different paths
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but here he is politely sitting here for us to worship
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so we can worhip both Perumal and Lord shiva here
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and it will be even more good if you witness it in person
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how many times you have been here? - so far 4 times
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- but this time they developed a lot as this hand rails were never existed before
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- this edge used to have that iron bar only
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- Once it was hard for you to climb
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- the steps also used to be narrower
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- my sister was shrugged while climbing last time
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I need this hand rail too!
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as you can see...these steps are wider only
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and if you’re struggling you can get support from this bar
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it's helpful for struggling people and elders
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look at the view and it's 100 times better than the previous one
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- only coconut trees which is household for Pollachi
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"divine music"
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"divine music"
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-it looks like a view point
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awesome view point and it looks like we can easily reach there
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-yes but it's a risky area
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- so they made this for safety, as you can see one wall existed here was damaged
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- so they made this safety measures
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in a short time, roughly in 10 minutes I have reached this much of height
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as you can see, the temple is here I guess - anybody can climb here
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- it has no risks, it may look a bit higher
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- even if you climb very slowly you can reach the top within 30 minutes
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"divine music"
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and temple is very near to us
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it was slightly difficult for me to reach the top in very short time but
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it's a very short trek and many Native pollachi people also unaware of this place
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because many will worship Maasani amman temple and call it a day
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this temple also well maintained and it's part of that main temple too
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"divine music"
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in 30 minutes I reached the temple and it was easy as we guessed
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but it will give the effect of climbing very steep hill in a short interval
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temple is there and we're here, but this view is a pleasure to witness
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Beneath me you can see that stone works
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they layed this iron rods to support pilgrims while walking
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they're carving the stone to make steps and in future
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I guess they will finish this work in 2-3 months
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so it will be easy for walkers
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and they have this shelter which indicates we're at the temple
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and we're just arrived when they're doing holy bath for Perumal
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it's a pleasant and divine feeling which I witnessed
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"chanting manthras"
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"conch horn sound"
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"divine music"
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as I said, we're lucky persons
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very few will get lucky to witness this wonderful scenes
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we can see this tower like structure here
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you may saw the big lamp lit during Kaarthigai deepam in Thiruvannamalai
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so in the next day they will light lamp with ghee here also
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it's a good day for lord vishnu, many people will worship that
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from locals to outsiders and
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in beneath this you can find Garudazhvaar
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and hanuman is opposite to him
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other two sides have conch and wheel respectively
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so four sides are featuring this holy silhouette and this makes this place special
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this is the senaikalraayaperumal temple
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we'll worship the god and
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I need to explain about this view, it was awesome
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huge number of coconut trees surrounded this place
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now I realise why Chera kings have stayed in this fort
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this view is amazing for 40 Kms field
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we asked if anyone will be up there when we started to climb, pandit is here
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and if you come here, do worship and pooja for the lord
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people will be there always
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now it's time to explore
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I learned many things only after climbing up here
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the places in which cheras lived and stayed with their troops are located behind this temple
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we'll learn many things about that
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they say there are forst that built during chera period are still exist here but maybe they're damaged
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but we can see the remains of those, we'll have a look into that
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we need to go via that way
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"upbeat music"
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Perumal temple is ther and we came via this way
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and here it is, the fort built by cheras
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the damaged chera fort is located behind this temple
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we'll go there only, and look at the edges of the temple
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it's so much narrow and we can slide and fall in this place
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the fort is behind this way
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this is a risky thing to do but
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the thing we're going to witness will worth the effort
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this is a very narrow path
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if you crossed this path, this way only...
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and I can see the fort from here, can you see the bricks
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it's in damaged state and they built it in stones
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there are many plants grew in the wall gaps
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this is the fort and during chera period
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people will stay here and used it as a watch tower
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as I said this place covers around 40 kms in radius
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so imagine how they used it for their recon purpose
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a big hallow hole and I guess it's a place for staying so
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the building was damaged a lot
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I can clearly know this is a damaged fort
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there are indications that this place was used t=by people, but I'm not sure if it’s true
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but for that only
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we're using the old way used by kings to climb down
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we climbed via new and easy way but climbing down will be different
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and many are saying siddhas are still doing dhyanas there and
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we may see the latches and stable that used to tie horses
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the climbing down path will be a the old one and they say it also has that subway
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we will use that way to climb down as I'm indicating now
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we'll learn many things
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"upbeat music"
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Usually nobody will use this path to climb up or down, but as I'm here
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I want to show this place to you guys
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Even though this place is open place I can see darkness by trees and plants
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it's so thrilling and there is a cave that resembles Ghuna cave
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I'm taking rest at the cave
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this experience is new and weird compared to the one that I got when climbing
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this also gives adventure feel and this place isa scenic one
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[SPEAKER NOISE] - I'll show one siddha here, come quickly!
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really, this place is used to be worshipped by siddhas
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we're climbing down via this way and standing here
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it's more cool than ghuna caves which you can't visit inside unlike this one
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I never expected wind to blow like this
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I'm feeling right now...[SPEAKER NOISE]
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- look at the view it's superb
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as I said there is one siddha sitting here, that's him only!
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it's very terrific sight to see
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I never expected this thing from a temple
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we can see the light view from here and
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that gap between the rock looks so orangy after the sunlight
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I'm not sure if you can see, but really...
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let's climb down, as we can’t climb
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this senaikalraayar temple holds many wonders
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we need to know many things about it and I hope this video
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will be useful for you guys and others
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we climbed down from that cave via this way
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we can see the subway clearly and
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we will enter and see it for ourselves now
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this was used to escape if got injured by enmies
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I can clearly say that and this passage
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goes till palakkaadu, but it was hearsay only
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I'm not sure about that but
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during emergency times this was used to climb down from up for sure
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from the appearance of the hill
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they raised a wall for the entering pathway
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there was no need to raise a wall but if they done so then it means
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the appearance of the hill may be different during ancient times
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will go...it's slipping and I'm trying to showcase it to you
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our good time we don’t have any bats or bad smelly things
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brother can’t do this and it's suitable for lean body type like me
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you can pass this if you're thin
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I'm not aware of these things in this hill but
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I got great content for visiting here and I hope you liked it
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and if you know any hills like this in your place, do tell me about them
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that will be useful for me and
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will see you in another beautiful video like this one
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till then I'm your sailendhiran signing off for follow jack
