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By Jaybee in Agathiyar group

This is in memorium of the Marudhu Servaikkaarars
on their Memorial Day.

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The next segment of Lateral Thinking takes us to KALaiArKOyil
in Sivagangai district.
I think I will give a short synopsis about KKOyil.
It was, in the ancient days known as 'KAnappEr'.
During the Sanggam Era, there was an impregnable
fort called 'KaanappEr eyil'. But then, there is a saying that
'any fort can be captured; provided that you follow the
the appropriate strategy'.
Well, that 'appropriate startegy' may be not always be
seige or seige-craft or power of arms. It could be bribe,
treachery, or plain hoodwinking like the 'Trojan Horse'.
You know, the Trojan Horse is not actually a Trojan
Horse. It is in fact, a Greek Horse.
The Greeks made it; there were Greek soldiers hiding
inside the horse. It was left as a gift to the Trojans. And they
sailed away......just beyond the horizon. And waiting for nightfall.
The Trojans pulled the horse inside and celebrated
victory.
The rest is history.
Many people thought that it was mythology. Until the day that
Heinrich Schliemen came along.
There is a saying. 'Beware of a Greek bearing a gift'.

I'll come back to KaaLaiyaar KOyil.

KAnappER was one of the important forts guarding the territory
called 'KAna nAdu'. There is a town in ChettinAdu known as
'KAnAdu KAththAn'.
During the Sanggam Era, there was a warrior called
'VEnggai MArban'. He was finally defeated and the conquering
PAndyan king plucked his teeth and embedded them on the doors
of the fort.