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Aha! How big is this lake? How long? How wide? Don't you think that all the lakes built during the time of the Pallava emperors in the Thondai country are small ponds in front of this lake? Did Prince Rajadittha, the son of Paranthagar of Madurai, think of constructing a lake like this sea in order to use the water falling in the North Kaveri in vain? Did you intend to do it? What kind of intellectual must he have been? Who else is equal to him in heroism? Didn't he himself mount an elephant and fight in the battle at Thakolam? Didn't he die by fighting and bearing the work of his enemies on his chest? That's why he became known as 'the god who rode on an elephant' and reached heroic heaven, didn't he?

The kings of this Chola clan are amazing! They are as much in valor as they are in virtue. They are the best in virtue as well as in piety. Vandiyadeva's shoulders swelled to think that he had the privilege of making friends with such Chola kings. His heart swelled with pride just as the water of Veera Narayana lake was battered by waves from the west direction.
With all this in mind, Vandiyathevan came to the south bank of Veera Narayana Lake. There he saw the view of Vadaraya, which had separated from Vada Kaveri, reaching the lake. At a short distance from the shores of the lake, the interior of the lake was a basin.

In order to prevent damage to the bank when the flood comes, they have planted oak trees and shrubs in that basin. Reeds were thickly grown along the banks. From the south-west direction, the flood of the north wind, with a row of trees on both sides, and mixing in the lake, looked like a beautiful colorful scene when viewed from a distance.

Vandiyadeva saw there a few more scenes which added to the sweetness and joy of this lovely appearance.

Wasn't it the day of the eighteenth birthday? People from the neighboring villages were coming there in droves, pulling sappers made of ivory-colored coconuts. Men, women, children and even some old people had come wearing new clothes and wearing various decorations. The women's hair was decorated with bunches of flowers like dalambhu, sevandiphoo, jasmine, mullai, irwatshi, sennapagam etc. 

to be continue………………………………………………………………………………