Diving to temple reef pondicherry march 20th 2016
Temple Reef is an artificial reef off the coast of Pondicherry, India constructed of fully recycled materials such as concrete blocks, rocks, trees, palm leaves, and iron bars. It was completed on 8 October 2013.
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Etymology
The reef was named both, after its creator Temple Adventures and the shape of the site on the ocean floor.
Location
It is located 18 m (60 ft) below the surface, 5 km west, off the Coromandel coast of Pondicherry, India in the Bay of Bengal.
Biodiversity
Within a short span of time, the reef became home to a diverse aquatic life. There is a vast range of corals and fishes like groupers, lion fish, kingfish, eagle and manta rays, moray eels, sea snakes, triggerfish, parrot fish, angelfish, bannerfish, butterflyfish and crustaceans.
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Temple Reef Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA