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A civil cum textile engineer’s passion for ancient weapons
May 5, 2018
Valari, Kattaru, Patta Kattaru, swords, are some of the weapons used by ancient Tamilians which can be seen now only in a museum. A young civil engineer from Coimbatore has collected scores of these weapons. His collection also includes various types of boomerangs. Though they are not on public display now, he plans to exhibit them for the public in the future once he has made arrangements for their proper setting.
