Nagalapuram Trek

Where the first rocket was launched ?

Talking to a well-known figure, who had authored a book on the forts of TamilNadu, this subject came up in our brief conversation.

This article was published in 2009, several months after I had visited Pollilore.

Here is the link to the article that appeared in Madras Musings,

http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%2013/otherstories.html#story2

Unexpectedly, I came across another article on the same topic published in the same fortnightly (!) almost exactly 10 years back.

http://madrasmusings.com/older-archives/Vol%209/Vol%20IX%20-%20No%2011.pdf