A tortoise or perhaps a Turtle pictured at Kairavini thirukulam of Sri Parthasarathi Perumal Thiruvallikkeni.
All tortoises are turtles— i.e., they belong to the order Testudines or Chelonia, reptiles having bodies encased in a bony shell—but not all turtles are tortoises Tortoises are exclusively land creatures. They live in a variety of habitats, from deserts to wet ...
