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11 അടി വീതിയും 66 മീറ്റർ ഉയരവുമുള്ള ഏറ്റവും ഉയരമേറിയ കിഴക്കൻ ഗോപുരം
The eastern Rajagopuram is not 11 feet wide. Reliable sources describe it as an 11-storeyed tower about 66 m (217 ft) tall, with a granite base measuring about 135 ft by 98 ft.
Full reasoning
This sentence appears to confuse “11 storeys/tiers” with “11 feet wide.” Reliable sources describing the Rajagopuram give the opposite picture:
- The World History Encyclopedia states that the eastern Rajagopuram has 11 stories and stands on a granite base measuring 135 ft by 98 ft.
- Another detailed temple description says the Rajagopuram is 11-storeyed and about 66 metres (217 feet) tall.
- The Tiruvannamalai City Municipal Corporation also gives the tower’s height as 217 ft.
So the number 11 refers to the tower’s storeys/tiers, not its width in feet. Saying the tallest eastern tower is 11 feet wide is plainly incorrect.
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- Rajagopuram, Arunachaleshwara Temple - World History Encyclopedia
It has 11 stories on a base made of granite, measuring 135 ft (41 m) by 98 ft (30 m).
- Arulmigu Arunachaleswarar Temple Or Tiruvannamalai Temple
And at around 66 metres (217 feet). the imposing 11-storeyed Rajagopuram, is one of the tallest gopurams in India.
- Places of Interest - TIRUVANNAMALAI CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION - திருவண்ணாமலை மாநகராட்சி
The temple is very enormous with an area covers around 25 acres and the East gopuram built by King Krishnadevarayar with a height of 217 ft.
ഓരോ പൂർണ്ണചന്ദ്രനു ശേഷമുള്ള ദിവസവും ഗിരിവലം
Girivalam is associated with the full-moon day itself, not the day after the full moon. Government sources describe the circumambulation as taking place on full-moon days.
Full reasoning
The article says Girivalam happens “on the day after every full moon.” Government sources describing Tiruvannamalai’s pilgrimage tradition say otherwise:
- The Tiruvannamalai District official tourism page says that on full moon days and festival days, devotees circumambulate the hill.
- The Tiruvannamalai City Municipal Corporation page likewise says that doing Girivalam on full moon day is especially significant.
So the timing in the article is off by a day: the standard observance is tied to the full-moon day (Pournami), not the day after it.
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- Full Moon Day | Tiruvannamalai District, Govt. of Tamil Nadu | India
On Full Moon days and festival days ... hundreds of thousands of devotees circumbulate (GIRIVALAM) the mountain and get the blessings of the Lord Arunachala.
- Places of Interest - TIRUVANNAMALAI CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION - திருவண்ணாமலை மாநகராட்சி
it is mentioned in the puranas that if we go around the mountain in Girivalam on full moon day is equivalent to Girivalam on the whole year.
എ.ഡി. 1750-99 കാലഘട്ടത്തിൽ മൈസൂർ ഭരിച്ചിരുന്ന ടിപ്പു സുൽത്താൻ
Tipu Sultan did not rule Mysore from 1750 to 1799. Credible sources place his rule from 1782 until 1799.
Full reasoning
This date range is incorrect. Tipu Sultan was born in the early 1750s and did not rule Mysore for the whole 1750–1799 period. Reliable sources place his reign in 1782–1799.
- The Victoria and Albert Museum describes Tipu Sultan as the ruler of Mysore from 1782 to 1799.
- Britannica likewise states that he reigned from December 1782 until his death in 1799.
So the article’s wording that he ruled Mysore in 1750–99 is wrong by several decades.
2 sources
- Tipu's Tiger · V&A
'Tipu's Tiger' was made for Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore in South India from 1782 to 1799.
- Tipu Sultan | Life, Indian Resistance, Anglo-Mysore Wars, & Rule of Mysore | Britannica
Tipu Sultan ... was the sultan (king) of the Kingdom of Mysore, who reigned from December 1782 until his death in 1799.