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Sri Mookambika temple, Kollur (6)
Rope is usually made of coir (coconut fibre). Here, stem of climbing palm (also called rattan) is used as rope.
There are around 600 species of climbing palm in the world under 13 genera and among them the largest genus is Calamus, distributed in Asia. What we see here is the stem of a species of Calamus.
These plants have woody stem but they are soft and flexible comparing to true wood. The plant climbs to 30-40 high on the trees in the tropical forest. Here is such stem used in pairs on both sides to draw the chariot.
Sri Mookambika temple, Kollur (6)
Rope is usually made of coir (coconut fibre). Here, stem of climbing palm (also called rattan) is used as rope.
There are around 600 species of climbing palm in the world under 13 genera and among them the largest genus is Calamus, distributed in Asia. What we see here is the stem of a species of Calamus.
These plants have woody stem but they are soft and flexible comparing to true wood. The plant climbs to 30-40 high on the trees in the tropical forest. Here is such stem used in pairs on both sides to draw the chariot.