River Krishna

[Venkatraman Iyer]

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    Referring to the ongoing discussion on R.Kishna, while it is no
doubt the term pennai means the palm tree-now commenly known as
panaimaram, it is baffling to associate pennai/panai with riverbanks
and rivers as panai is a quintessential arid region vegetation.
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  Cheras, the Kerala Chiefs in the Sangam age, have palmyra
  tree as their symbol even though their land is not arid
  and usually drenched by southwest monsoon.

  Regards,
  V. Iyer

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