Puzzle - Plot the route

MX6 · 16th August 2010, 14:47

Jeev. There is a proper reason for getting the tiles from Feroke. North Malabar and south canara are famous for brick kilns. Those kinds of tile bricks are made in these areas and transported all around the country!
Now why don't we have these kinds of brick kilns in TN? That's because of the soil that's needed to make these bricks
There's no point in transporting soil from north malabar and south canara to TN or AP to brick kilns set there. Instead, set the kilns close to where the soil is available

aargee · 16th August 2010, 15:00

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Originally Posted by MX6

Now why don't we have these kinds of brick kilns in TN? That's because of the soil that's needed to make these bricks
There's no point in transporting soil from north malabar and south canara to TN or AP to brick kilns set there. Instead, set the kilns close to where the soil is available

That was about the tiles MX; forget about that, the regular red bricks costs about 12K+ (3000 bricks one load) now. We'd large number of red bricks manufacturers around Thiruvallur, Redhills, Periyapalayam, Sriperumbudur, where the soil was & IS still suitable for making bricks, all of a sudden in last 6-7 years most of them have vanished.

I was speaking to one of the dealer last month & he told me that it was mostly due to labour problems of people not turning up for work, the brick laying industry suffered a lot. Most people now go for construction work, where they've pick up & drop facility, afternoon lunch & salary. So most of the kilns have closed & the existing ones charges too much. To show the price difference, we bought a load of bricks for 8K in 2008 June; its 2010 & Rs 2000 is the difference.

Sorry about the

MX6 · 16th August 2010, 16:03

Aargee. Brick kilns are very tough places to work. With soaring temperatures inside and outside, brick kilns need to compensate the poor people for their hardships for them to come.
I do agree, when they have better work facilities as daily wagers in construction companies (which once had a shortage of workers that even from AP, chennai construction companies couldn't get people), they would go towards that.
OT from my side too

jeevmenon · 17th August 2010, 05:31

We reached the Big Temple by 7:30 AM and there stood the fantastic work. It would have taken many man-years of planning/execution to make this wonderful temple. Amazing indeed!

ampere · 17th August 2010, 06:56

Nice snaps. I had been there in mid 2009 as a part of the temple road show (

). KK-Madurai-Trichy-Tanjore-Mayavaram.

Was greatly impressed by this temple. Really Really grand!

jeevmenon · 17th August 2010, 18:52

At around 8:00 am we were out of the temple, had breakfast in a hotel near to the bus-stand and into the nearby palace at 8:45 am. Nothing great about this we felt. There is a bell-tower which we did not scale, but in the main area there is a nice courtyard and another tall tapering gopuram-kind of building which we can scale via narrow steps. Great views from the top. At the base is the museum which has old stone sculptures escavated from various places in Tamil Nadu. There was a skeleton of a whale on one of the floors. 8:45 am to 9:30 am in the palace and we hit the road towards Trichy.

MX6 · 17th August 2010, 19:49

You didn't visit the Saraswati mahal library? It's a must visit place.
King Sarfoji (sarabojhi in tamil) took extreme measures to ensure this library was safe from the muslim invaders. The library is one of the most ancient one's in Asia and houses some amazing drawings, manuscripts, records (even during the british times) and scientific stuff which the brit's acknowledged themselves that Sarfoji would have rolled out in India without help of british. They had designs of steam engines, modern weapons etc!
Most of the manuscripts are digitized now!

jeevmenon · 17th August 2010, 20:00

Got him! This is what I termed as museum. Sorry that was the library! Thanks MX6.

jeevmenon · 17th August 2010, 20:18

At around 10 am we headed towards Trichy and crossing the very crowded and congested flyover (which was under construction then) we hit the NH45 and at 11:40 am we were 305 km from Chennai. Here are a few snaps from that journey - Lunch for us and full-tank for the car from 1 to 2 pm at Ulundurpet - Ghar Dhaba. We reached home at 5 pm for a total of 816 km over 2 days. All and all a refreshing trip!

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ampere · 17th August 2010, 20:34

The snap which says both Tindivanam and TV Malai to left; was it taken at Tindivanam?

MX6 · 17th August 2010, 20:50

Yes. It's the outskirts. 2 kms from that exit you get in to Tindivanam.

jeevmenon · 17th August 2010, 20:54

Yes. There is a sign board in that snap which says Tindivanam - 2 km as well.

16th August 2010, 14:47	#31
MX6 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: City of seven islands. Posts: 2,877 Thanked: 231 Times	Jeev. There is a proper reason for getting the tiles from Feroke. North Malabar and south canara are famous for brick kilns. Those kinds of tile bricks are made in these areas and transported all around the country! Now why don't we have these kinds of brick kilns in TN? That's because of the soil that's needed to make these bricks There's no point in transporting soil from north malabar and south canara to TN or AP to brick kilns set there. Instead, set the kilns close to where the soil is available
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16th August 2010, 16:03	#33
MX6 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: City of seven islands. Posts: 2,877 Thanked: 231 Times	Aargee. Brick kilns are very tough places to work. With soaring temperatures inside and outside, brick kilns need to compensate the poor people for their hardships for them to come. I do agree, when they have better work facilities as daily wagers in construction companies (which once had a shortage of workers that even from AP, chennai construction companies couldn't get people), they would go towards that. OT from my side too
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17th August 2010, 05:31	#34
jeevmenon BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: TN07 Posts: 472 Thanked: 23 Times	We reached the Big Temple by 7:30 AM and there stood the fantastic work. It would have taken many man-years of planning/execution to make this wonderful temple. Amazing indeed!
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17th August 2010, 06:56	#35
ampere Team-BHP Support Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,951 Thanked: 12,939 Times View My Garage	Nice snaps. I had been there in mid 2009 as a part of the temple road show (). KK-Madurai-Trichy-Tanjore-Mayavaram. Was greatly impressed by this temple. Really Really grand!
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17th August 2010, 18:52	#36
jeevmenon BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: TN07 Posts: 472 Thanked: 23 Times	At around 8:00 am we were out of the temple, had breakfast in a hotel near to the bus-stand and into the nearby palace at 8:45 am. Nothing great about this we felt. There is a bell-tower which we did not scale, but in the main area there is a nice courtyard and another tall tapering gopuram-kind of building which we can scale via narrow steps. Great views from the top. At the base is the museum which has old stone sculptures escavated from various places in Tamil Nadu. There was a skeleton of a whale on one of the floors. 8:45 am to 9:30 am in the palace and we hit the road towards Trichy.
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17th August 2010, 19:49	#37
MX6 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: City of seven islands. Posts: 2,877 Thanked: 231 Times	You didn't visit the Saraswati mahal library? It's a must visit place. King Sarfoji (sarabojhi in tamil) took extreme measures to ensure this library was safe from the muslim invaders. The library is one of the most ancient one's in Asia and houses some amazing drawings, manuscripts, records (even during the british times) and scientific stuff which the brit's acknowledged themselves that Sarfoji would have rolled out in India without help of british. They had designs of steam engines, modern weapons etc! Most of the manuscripts are digitized now!
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17th August 2010, 20:00	#38
jeevmenon BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: TN07 Posts: 472 Thanked: 23 Times	Got him! This is what I termed as museum. Sorry that was the library! Thanks MX6.
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17th August 2010, 20:18	#39
jeevmenon BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: TN07 Posts: 472 Thanked: 23 Times	At around 10 am we headed towards Trichy and crossing the very crowded and congested flyover (which was under construction then) we hit the NH45 and at 11:40 am we were 305 km from Chennai. Here are a few snaps from that journey - Lunch for us and full-tank for the car from 1 to 2 pm at Ulundurpet - Ghar Dhaba. We reached home at 5 pm for a total of 816 km over 2 days. All and all a refreshing trip! Last edited by jeevmenon : 17th August 2010 at 20:22.
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17th August 2010, 20:34	#40
ampere Team-BHP Support Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,951 Thanked: 12,939 Times View My Garage	The snap which says both Tindivanam and TV Malai to left; was it taken at Tindivanam?
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17th August 2010, 20:50	#41
MX6 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: City of seven islands. Posts: 2,877 Thanked: 231 Times	Yes. It's the outskirts. 2 kms from that exit you get in to Tindivanam.
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17th August 2010, 20:54	#42
jeevmenon BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: TN07 Posts: 472 Thanked: 23 Times	Yes. There is a sign board in that snap which says Tindivanam - 2 km as well.
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