Brihadisvara temple
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English: The Brihadishwara Temple locally known as Rajarajeswaram Temple, is 11th-century AD Hindu temple complex built in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest Hindu temples and an exemplar of a Chola- style Tamil architecture, and was built by Chola emperor Rajaraja I between 1003 and 1010 CE, the temple is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Great Living Chola Temples"
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Main temple and its features
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View from main entrance
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Entrance of Brihadesvara temple.
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Expansive inner courtyard
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Dwajasthambam
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Distant view
Vimana
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View of the Śrī Vimāna of the Thanjavur Temple
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Corner view
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A view of tower
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A close up
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Side view
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A view of kalasa on tower
Statues and shrines in the Temple complex
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Shivalinga
Nandi Mandapam
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Location of Nandi Manpadapam compared to main shrine
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Nandi Mandapam
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Nandi, built by Rajaraja I
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Scale of the Nandi statue
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Nandi decorated with fruits of festive ocassion.
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Abhishekam pooja at Nandi shrine
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Anointed Nandi
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Daily ritual Aarti
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Iluuminated Nandi Mandapam
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Temple dance performance with Nandi Mandapam as backdrop
Vijaynagar Shrine
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Vijaynagar Shrine
Illuminated temple
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Illuminated Vimana of the Brihadisvara Temple.
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Back view
Gopurams
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The granite gopuram (tower) of the Thanjavur Temple
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Gopuram
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Temple at Thanjavur
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Temple entrance gopurams at Thanjavur
The Colonnade
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Colonnade elevation
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Corridor outside the main shrine hosts mandapa for schools and other activities
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A minor shrine
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Nandi in the colonnade
Reliefs and sculptures
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An elephant relief on the Thanjavur temple
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Deity with musical instrument
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Dvarpalas (The gatekeepers)
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A deity
Architectural details
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Carved figures.
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Carving details
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Temple side wall elevation
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Details at Vimana
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details of Gopuram
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Temple Plinth
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Entrance
Murals
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A mural of Rajaraja I and his guru
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Nayaka era ceiling mural in the Nandi shrine
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Murals in the ceiling of Nandi mandapa, Brihadeeswara Temple
Inscriptions
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Tamil written on the Thanjavur Temple
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The Brihadishwara Temple has Tamil and Sanskrit inscriptions from the 11th century.
Historical images of Brihadisvara Temple
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1809
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Brihadishvara temple complex at Thanjavur, 1869
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Nandi in Brihadishvara temple complex at Thanjavur in India - Around 1870.
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ca 1870
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1880s-1890s
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1884
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1913
Commemorations
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India, 1000-Rupee note: 1949-1957, reverse.
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Dancers gathered at Brihadishwara Temple to commemorate it
This place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as
Great Living Chola Temples.
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