Ponniyin Selvan 5

 He could see the panorama of the Vadavaaru stream separating from the North Cauvery from there. and falling into the lake. For a short distance inside the embankment, the lake shore was silted. forming a sandy beach. A number of casuarina trees and wood apple trees had been planted on the beach so that rising flood waters would not destroy the embankment. Naanal reeds had grown
thickly along the water's edge. From a distance, the scenic view of the rushing waters from the tree-lined North River merging into the lake in the south-west seemed like a colorful, newly created painting.
            Vandiya Devan noticed a few other things that added to the enchanting delight. scene. Was it not the day of the Aadi Festival? Crowds of people from nearby villages dragged Their carts, covered with canopies of sandal-colored, supple coconut leaves, were coming. Men, Women, children, and even several elderly folks are all wearing new clothes and vividly dressed in There had been numerous approaches.Bunches of fragrant flowers, such as thaazlai, the hearts of screw-pine Cactus, chrysanthemums, jasmine, gardenia, champaka, and iruvatchi decorated the braids of
women.