{"id":366372,"date":"2026-06-30T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=366372"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:30:00","slug":"muzhiyan-kulam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/muzhiyan-kulam\/","title":{"rendered":"Muzhiyan Kulam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the restored Muzhiyan Kulam at Pooranankuppam in Puducherry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Muzhiyan Kulam<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 329px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fbek1-6.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.99422-6\/731357301_2538050049993190_3250711199978811252_n.png?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&amp;cstp=mx1080x1350&amp;ctp=s640x640&amp;_nc_cat=101&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=JshfEZYmLJsQ7kNvwEfZp4o&amp;_nc_oc=AdpRhF6K5dA3v2cq6f1NFVwPe47X1XqtO_EL6guY8UALbMixxcgCvjlNU4hOIXq-taAIeGxdExQ_r7f9qg7w6wA3&amp;_nc_zt=14&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fbek1-6.fna&amp;_nc_gid=d7IAhnGSanjrODk_kH-pLQ&amp;_nc_ss=7a289&amp;oh=00_AQD14iZ0RCJnCczfBtEpsl3XJ6l_NGkvc5uKmUZE8lR2RQ&amp;oe=6A49412C\" alt=\"Muzhiyan Kulam \" width=\"329\" height=\"411\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: News On Air<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> The <strong>Muzhiyan Kulam<\/strong> is located <strong>near Thavalakuppam at Pooranankuppam in Puducherry.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>also known as Naangu Mozhi Kulam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Historical significance:<\/strong> It is a <strong>more-than-400-year-old historic pond<\/strong> and is believed<strong> to date back to the Pallava period.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It employs the <strong data-start=\"21\" data-end=\"80\">\u2018Naangu Mozhi\u2019 (four wells) rainwater management system<\/strong>, which link<strong>s a main surface tank to four natural spring-fed wells<\/strong> through a network of underground chambers.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>has traditionally served as a source of drinking water and irrigation for the village.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Restored Kulam:<\/strong> The restored kulam now <strong>stores nearly 5 crore litres of water<\/strong>, recharges groundwater, and serves as a vital barrier against seawater intrusion. It is preserving both Puducherry&#8217;s heritage and its water security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the restored Muzhiyan Kulam at Pooranankuppam in Puducherry. About Muzhiyan Kulam Location: The Muzhiyan Kulam is located near Thavalakuppam at Pooranankuppam in Puducherry. It is also known as Naangu Mozhi Kulam. Historical significance: It is a more-than-400-year-old historic pond and is believed to date back to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/muzhiyan-kulam\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Muzhiyan Kulam<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039],"tags":[11872,12085],"class_list":["post-366372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-news-on-air","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}