TANJORE BRIHADEESHWARA TEMPLE, TANJAVUR INDIA

TANJORE BRIHADEESHWARA TEMPLE

 A have a study in Oriental structure or records is absolutely incomplete without a mention of the Tanjore Brihadeeshwara Temple or the Tanjore Periya Kovil (Big Temple). This enforcing shape modified into constructed via Raja Raja Cholan and his sister Kundavai, each ardent devotees of Lord Shiva. It emerge as constructed with the useful resource of the King at the peak of the Chola reign to signify his power and strength. Here are some facts not recognised about this Chola temple of Thanjavur. The unique name of the lord become Rajarajeshwar. It turned into the Marathas who gave it the name Brihadeeshwara or the Great Ishwara.
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 There are few unique things about this temple :-
·         the main temple is completely built of granite. More than a hundred thirty thousand tons of granite is stated to had been used to construct it.
·          a protracted related fable with this temple is that the shadow of the main structure does no longer fall at the floor.
·          the statue of Nandi at the doorway of the temple is carved out of a unshared stone. In addition, the foundation to construct the temple came to Raja Raja Cholan in the course of his visit to Sri Lanka and is a result of a dream he had.
·          the temple has a portrait of Raja Raja Cholan paying honor to Lord Shiva. This is surely, the primary ever instance of a royal portrait and inscriptions in the temple point toward Kunjara Mallan Raja Raja Perunthachan because the chief architect of the temple. His successors continue to exist to at the moment and practice the art of Vastu or Vastu Shastra.

At final however not the least, the inscriptions additionally element out the awesome styles of jewels used within the duration. Each of those jewels are stated in detail. A popular of twenty three specific types of pearls, eleven types of diamonds and rubies are stated in the ones inscriptions.




What is the stunning record is that there was not a single granite quarry in about 100 km radius of the temple. This means that transporting these stones would have been a herculean task. But Raja Raja Cholan insisted on the use of these stones. All of these features make this Chola temple of Tanjore, a magnum creation of the Chola reign.


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