It was a dream
come true for me visiting the Big Temple of Thanjavur in year 2010 – the
millennium year of its built, by Raja Raja Cholan 1. The sight of the magnificent
temple tower is quite remarkable which proclaims one of the significant
identities of Tamils to the universe. Standing beneath the marvelous Vimanam
(the main temple tower) and known to be tallest among south Indian temples, it
feel spellbind and I quite admired the structure in true amazement thinking
about the narratives of history describing the building process of the temple.
Each and every direction of the building exhibits the scholars of the Cholas
and their thoughts, art and culture to be brought into a structure.
The Big Temple also known as
Brihadeeswara Temple is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Great
Living Chola Temples". The Vimanam (temple tower) is 216 feet high and is
among the tallest of its kind in the world and the Kalasha (apex or the bulbous
structure on the top) of the temple is carved out of a single stone and it
weighs around 80 tons.
8 comments:
Wow - fabulous1
That is an incredible structure. I can see how you had it on your lists of things to do in life. Thanks for sharing it.
This temple is fascinating - I can see why visiting it would be a dream come true. Thank you for sharing these images!
I havent visited that temple. Hope I will visit it soon...
Wow! Wow! I love the architecture and characters of this temple. It looks majestic and nice.
I am yet to see this Temple. It's a wonder that they were even able to take that 80 tonne kalasha to the top. The plank used to carry the stone up was a few KM long and it had to be pushed by many elephants it seems! Great pics.
Destination Infinity
This is a magnificent Chola temple
Look nice gratification
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