Kalingarayan Canal - Certain Historical facts

• Year of Dedication - 1282 A.D
• Duration of Execution - 12 years
• Kalingarayar - Ruler of the Northern Kongu Region
• Kalingarayar Day - 5th Thai
• Beneficiaries - 50,000 farmers in over 30,000 acres
• Special benefit - Kalingan Paddy
• Length of the Canal - 56.5 miles
• Creates a union between Bhavani, Noyyal & Amaravathi Rivers of Kongunad
• Kongunad consists of 24 smaller regions and it is a part of the Tamil country
• Every year water flows for 10.5 months through the Kalingarayan Canal i.ei.e. between June 16th & April 30th [PWD order no. 2647 dated 2/11/1966]
• One of the three hydrological wonders of Tamilnadu
• Schwartz (1779), Buchanan (1800), MckenzieMcKenzie (1798) & Arundale (1880) have recorded their praise and appreciation for Kalingarayar and his Kalingarayan Canal
• Besides the Kalingarayan Canal, kalingarayar has created several check dams, tanks and water bodies.
• Kalingarayan Canal gets a heritage status