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KRISHNA'S BUTTER BALL ( vaan irai kal )

What is a butter ball ? An stone carving nearly 250 tons with 6 m height and 5 m wide located in an inclined slope(4 ft ) . In, english we can say it as " stone of sky god" . Where it is located ? Mahaballipuram , Chennai , India . How long butter ball standing so far ? 1200 years  Who built it ? Pallava king , Narasimhavarman . What is the meaning of butter ball ? Actually , hindu mythologists says that it shows us about an hindu god named  "lord krishna" . Lord krishna always steal butter not only in his home from neighbours house too . Inorder, to indicate the naughty activity of "lord krishna" .The butter ball is built .   Is it an successful attempt ? No,the butter ball is not an fulfilled stone art . So , Narasimhavarman ,pallava king tried to fall it , but he failed to made it fall . Does anyother made an attempt to move it ? Yes , in 1908 governor of the city " Arthur Havelock " used 7 elephants to move butter ball . But, he  to...