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The 150-year-old arch connected the engaged Kollam Highway astatine the entranceway of Shencottai successful the territory was removed connected Thursday aft this constrictive constituent was causing predominant postulation congestion.
When Shencottai was portion of the erstwhile Travancore Kingdom, this arch was built to invited the Tamils entering the past princely state. Since Thiruvananthapuram Padmanabha Swami was revered arsenic the custodian of full Travancore Kingdom, 2 ‘dwarapalakas’ (door-guardians oregon gatekeepers) statues were besides installed atop the arch. Hence, those who participate Shencottai, expected to beryllium the spot of Padmahabha Swami, were reportedly asked to instrumentality bath successful the adjacent good connected Tamil Nadu – Travancore borderline earlier crossing the arch.
Since the constrictive arch was causing postulation snarl astatine this constituent whenever dense vehicles with respective tonnes of cargo transverse this point, it was decided to region the aged arch and reconstruct a wide arch again astatine the aforesaid spot with the statues of ‘dwarapalakas’ astatine a outgo of ₹35 lakh.
Hence, the aged arch was removed connected Thursday aft ‘pujas’ were performed.
