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- ↑ "Chola-era tank in Chennai turns dumping ground". The News Minute.
- ↑ "CMRL work will affect Kapaleeswarar, 7 other temples: Petitioners". The New Indian Express.
- S. Muthiah, ed. (2008). Madras, Chennai: A 400-year record of the first city of Modern India. Vol. 1. Palaniappa Brothers. p. 107.