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The Brihadeeswara Temple in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, that stay produced covered by the ruler Rajaraja I and finished in 1010.

Brihadeeswara Temple is a Hindu Temple committed to Shiva also called Rajarajeswara Temple is the first complete granite temple in the world.

History Of

Brihadeeswara Temple In Thanjavur:

This Temple, this called Rajarajeswaram (lit. ’Lord of Rajaraja’) by its builder and is known locally as Thanjai Periya Kovil (lit. ’Thanjavur Big Temple’)

Peruvudaiyar Kovil is a Shaivite Hindu Temple built in a Chola architectural style located on the south bank of the Cauvery river in Thanjavur, India.

It is one of the largest Hindu temples and an exemplar of Tamil architecture.

It is also called Dakshina Meru (“Meru of the South).

Built by Chalo emperor Rajaraja I between 1003 and 1010 CE, the temple is a part of the UNESCO World known as the “Great Living Chola Temple “,

Along with the hola-era Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple and Airavatesvara temple, thus which are about 70 kilometers (43 mi) and 40 kilometers (25 mi) to its northeast respectively.

History Of Brihadeeswara Temple In Thanjavur:

However original monuments of this 11th-century temple were built around a moat.

It included gopura, this main temple, its massive tower, inscriptions, frescoes, as well as

Sculptures predominantly related to  Shaivism, but also to Vaishnavism and Shaktism.

The temple was damaged in its history and some artwork is now missing.

Additional mandapam and monuments were added in the centuries that followed.

This temple now stands amidst fortified walls added after the 16th century.

Built using granite, the vimana tower above the shrine is one of the tallest in South India.

This temple has a massive colonnaded prakara (corridor) and one of the largest Shiva lingam in India.

It is also famed for the quality of its sculpture, as well as being the location that commissioned the brass Nataraja, Shiva as the lord of dance, in the 11th century.

The complex includes shrines for Nandi, Parvati, Murugan, Vinayagar, Sabhapati, Dakshinamurti, Chandikeshwar, Varahi, Thiyagarajar of Thiruvarur, and others.

As well as this temple is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Tamil Nadu.

Brihadeeswara Temple:

Thus  Brihadeeswara Temple in my view is a 1000 years old superb that stands tall despite all the natural calamities that it has overlooked through a prime in the heart.

Tamil Nadu with so much technology obtainable today still has no such system form in the history of the world.

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