Moyar gorge or moyar canyon is 20 km long ,borders karnataka and tamil nadu.
This gorge is 2.5 billion years old also called as mysore ditch act as a breeding place for tigers and elephants.
This area had a capital called skandapura now addressed as gajalhatti 1/3
The area skandapura act as a capital for rattas - a branch of rastrakutas who occupied kongu country during 1st century AD .
There are 6 - 7 ratta rulers ruled kongu region from skandapura . 2/3
First ratta king veera raya chakravarthy also born here .
After rattas this area was under gangas , a ganga king harivarma assigned to find capital and he resides at skandapura .
Skandapura is also called as gajalhatti ( gaja - elephant) ,emblem of ganga dynasty. 3/3