Trichy

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI'S ENVIRONMENT

Thiuchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli  is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District. It is the fourth largest municipal corporation and the fourth largest urban agglomeration in the state. Tiruchirappalli was a part of the Chola kingdom and has a number of exquisitely sculpted temples and fortresses, prominent one's being Rockfort temples and the Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam.

ROCKFORT

Considered one of the symbols of Tiruchirappalli, the Rockfort is a fortress which stands atop a 273-foot-high rock.It consists of a set of monolithic rocks accommodating many rock-cut cave temples. Originally built by the Pallavas, it was later reconstructed by the Madurai Nayaks and Vijayanagara rulers. The Rockfort is visible from almost every part of the city's north. The Teppakulam at the foot of the Rockfort is surrounded by bazaars. It has a mandapa at its centre and has facilities for boat riding

PACHAIMALAI HILLS

Pachaimalai hills is known as the green hill and it is the integral part of eastern ghats (Purva Ghar)of Tamilnadu. Eastern ghats are basically a noncontinuous chain of mountains situated  along the country's easterly seacoast. The hills acquired the name of pachaimalai hills as it is considered as the greenish hills in the region. The pachaimalai hills are spread over three districts. The popular veeraramar dan is situated in the pachaimalai hills across kallar river. Some of the water falls are Mythulu falls, Mangalam aruvi and Koraiyar falls.

VIRALIMALI

Viralimalai is a town located 30 km from Tiruchirappalli. The famous Lord Shanmuganathar temple is situated on the top of the granite hill at Viralimalai. The presence of an early Chola temple suggests that Viralimalai was a prosperous village as early as the 9th century AD.The sides of this hill are covered with non-thorny trees, mainly Wrightia. Peacocks are abundant in the region and Viralimalai forms a sanctuary for the birds. The town, Temple and Peacock Sanctuary have been declared and funded as a Heritage Place by order of the Governor.

RIVERS

CAUVERY RIVER

The origin of the river is traditionally placed at Talakaveri,Kodagu in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the southeastern lowlands, emptying into the Bay of Bengal. At thiruchirappalli river becomes wide, with a sandy bed, and flows in an eastern direction until it splits into two at upper Anicut about 14 kilometre west of Tiruchirappalli. The northern branch of the river is called the Kollidam while the southern branch retains the name Kaveri and then goes directly eastwards into Thanjavur District. These two rivers join again and form the Srirangam island which is a part of city of Tiruchirapalli. The water gets stored in the Kallanai dam.

KOLLIDAM RIVER

The Kollidam is a river in southeastern India. The Kollidam is the northern distributary of the Kaveri River as it flows through the delta of Thanjavur. It splits from the main branch of the Kaveri River at the island of Srirangam and flows eastward into the Bay of Bengal. The distribution system in Kollidam lies at Lower Anaicut which is an island of river Kollidam.

Other rivers passing through trichy are Sweata Nadi and Kallar River.

BIRDS

• Pond heron
• White duster water hen
• Spot-billed pelicans
• Spoonbills
• Painted storks
• Black winged stilts
• Spot-billed ducks
• Purple heron
• Grey heron
• Egrets
• White-breasted kingfisher.
• Karivetti bird sanctuary is in Trichy district. The different types of birds are Flying barheaded goose, long migrants like White stork and White necked stork, Grey pelican and Ibis. 16 species of ducks and 23 species of Waders have been recorded in the sanctuary.