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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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this is the path we need to go and many North 
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are worshipping here daily and it's a good 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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and it will be even more good if you witness 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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now I realise why Chera kings have stayed 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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and here it is, the fort built by cheras

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the damaged chera fort is located behind 
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we'll go there only, and look at the edges 
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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 
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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 
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it's in damaged state and they built it in 
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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 
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as I said this place covers around 40 kms 
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so imagine how they used it for their recon 
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a big hallow hole and I guess it's a place 
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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 
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but for that only

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we're using the old way used by kings to 
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we climbed via new and easy way but climbing 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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

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