Friday, February 5, 2010

FORTIFIED SETTLEMENTS IN THE FOREST




One of the sacred groves that we find in the forests of the Wyanad is near Pakkam, where it is believed that the primal ancestors of local tribal people were enslaved by Land Lords who built a fortification and cultivated the land by cutting down the trees. What is left of this fortification is an enclosed area which is surrounded by prehistoric earth works, that create a kind of moat around what is now preserved as a sacred enclosure.

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