Thenga Manga Pattani Sundal
What is thenga manga pattaani sundal?
Literally: A mixture of salted boiled peas (pattani sundal) topped with coconut (thenga) and raw mango (manga). A favourite at Marina beach, Chennai.
In this page’s context: Just a potpourri of thoughts.
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The Great Trigonometric Survey of India
From dense forests to tough hilly terrain, battling disease, tigers and local resistance, the Great Trigonometric Survey that measured the ends of the country started in Chennai on April 10, 1802 In the plains of the delta region of what was then Tanjore district, two centuries ago, when the biggest exercise of manual land survey…