page_title: Mayanur (Tamil Nadu)
section_title: The River Cauvery
hierarchical_section_title: Mayanur (Tamil Nadu) / The River Cauvery
caption_attribution_description: English: PAN view
context_page_description: Mayanur is one of the famous tourist attractions in Karur District, and kind heart man and women in the town Mayanur which is situated bank of the River Cauveri and its comes under Krishnarayapuram Taluk's administration of Tamil Nadu State.
  In the ancient medieval period, it is believed to have been a tri-junction midpoint of Chera, Chola and Pandiya dynasties, and The Madukkarai Wall is a historic border fortification demarcating the boundaries of the three ancient kingdoms. The wall was supposedly erected by the goddess Sellandiyamman. It may be over 2,000 years old.
  Mayanur is located on Karur-Trichy National Highway, 20 km from Karur city and 21 km from Kulithalai. It has five subdivision villages in it called Kaspa Mayanur, Keela Mayanur, Pudhu Street, Mela Mayanur and Kilinjanatham.
context_section_description: The River Cauveri has broadest width at this location; it is around 1.5 km, compared to any other places where it is flowing in Tamil Nadu so it is also called  அகண்ட காவேரி  (broad Cauvery) in this location. The Tamil Nadu state government recently have constructed a 1.233-kilometre-long (0.766 mi) bridge-cum-barrage across the Cauveri river which connects Mayanur with Kattuputhur, Trichy to karur Road and Trichy district via Seelaipillaiyaarputhur, and shortening the distance between the nearest points by about 45 km. The project is seen as the cornerstone for the first Intrastate river linking plan. The aim of this project is to increase the irrigation management capacity of the South Bank Canal, Kattalai High-Level Channel, New Kattalai High-Level Channel and the Krishnarayapuram Channel, which all branch off the Cauvery at Mayanur which helps to store up to 1.04 tmc ft of water during monsoon.  It splits from the main branch and flows eastward into the nearby villages. The maintenance and distribution water among those channels are comes under the direct control of Public Works Department (PWD) of Mayanur.
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