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Posted on 02/13/2005 2:20:46 AM PST by nickcarraway
MAMALLAPURAM (Tamil Nadu), Feb. 12. — The tsunami that hit the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu in December has brought to light a big block of stone carvings hidden under water near the world famous shore temple here. Some sculptures which have shot into view include that of lions, a horse, and a miniature cut-in shrine. Archaeological Survey of India has decided to conduct a detailed survey here soon, official sources said. A technical underwater survey is likely to commence around next month. A team of officials and photographers from Delhi are likely to arrive here, situated about 60 km from Chennai, to start full swing operations next month, the sources said.
A structure at the ground level comprises a fallen outer wall and an inner wall, perhaps belonging to a temple. A much eroded relief of an elephant and a structure which may be part of an edifice has been laid bare.
When the tsunami struck several areas of the state, including Mamallapuram, also known as Mahabalipuram, waves of over 30 ft height swept into the shore and filled the sea-shore temple with sand. But when the water receded, the waves took away with them, a good portion of the sand stretch.
“The shorelines have now become notably shallower and appear to have changed much,” say some fishermen of the area. One of the survivors was actually swept high up the big arch near the shore, where he clung on for life.
“A temple is visible under the sea from where he sat,” he said recently.
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The elephants have returned.
BTTT
'Tsunami Tyranny'
http://www.neoperspectives.com/tsunami_tyranny.htm
I have believed all along we know so little of man's travels from the last glacial peroid because much of where man lived, is now under many feet of the ocean and sand/mud. If man came into the new world along the coast, many places where he would have come ashore are gone, washed away. Same in the Far East.
the bulk of the glaciation-era human habitat is still there, but submerged. The meltwaters issued forth catastrophically in at least a couple of places, but the rest of the continental shelf is merely covered by water. :')
Very interesting, thanks.
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