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[[File:Butter_well_at_Mahabalipuram.jpg|alt=|thumb|right|Butter well, 40 meter north of Krishna's Butterball.]] | [[File:Butter_well_at_Mahabalipuram.jpg|alt=|thumb|right|Butter well, 40 meter north of Krishna's Butterball.]] | ||
The [[Pallava]] king [[Narasimhavarman]] (630–668 CE) also made a failed attempt to move the boulder.<ref name=":0" /> The Indian [[Tamil people|Tamil]] king [[Raja Raja Chola]] (985 and 1014 CE) was inspired by the balance of this massive stone boulder and it led to the creation of never-falling mud dolls called ''[[ | The [[Pallava]] king [[Narasimhavarman]] (630–668 CE) also made a failed attempt to move the boulder.<ref name=":0" /> The Indian [[Tamil people|Tamil]] king [[Raja Raja Chola]] (985 and 1014 CE) was inspired by the balance of this massive stone boulder and it led to the creation of never-falling mud dolls called ''[[Thanjavur doll|Tanjavur Bommai]]'', which having a half-spherical base tends to come back to its original position every time one tries to make it fall.{{fact|date=September 2018}} In 1908, then-governor of the city [[Arthur Havelock]] made an attempt to use seven elephants to move the boulder from its position due to safety concerns, but with no success.{{fact|date=September 2018}} On October 12, 2019, Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] and Chinese President [[Xi Jinping]] took a photo in front of Krishna's Butterball holding hands during their second "informal summit".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/camaraderie-marks-start-of-modi-xi-informal-summit/article29660482.ece|title=Camaraderie marks start of Modi-Xi 'informal summit'|last=Ramakrishnan|first=T.|date=2019-10-11|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-10-19|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | ||
==Details== | ==Details== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[ | * [[List of gravity hills#India|List of gravity hills in India]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||