 this anicut was one of the oldest anicut in Tamil Nadu.this anicut was constructed on vellar river,from this anicut lots of villages get profits for their agriculture.In this river vellar, the Veeranam Lake water also merge, from this river vellar water flow place X-Road of Sethiyathope,Pinnalur,karaimedu,Maruvai,kolakudi,Boddampadi then reach entrance of perumal lake near place kurinjipadi & kullanchavadi it's kms distances around 8 .on Maruvai the name of river was Paravanaaru River Bank.