Tanjore big temple – one of the places to go before you die. yes, this is treated as 8th wonder of the universe. because, this temple built by the Chola king Raja Raja Chola 1000 years ago. After many natural calamities, this stands without a small damage. Let us see the specialties in detailed below.
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Location :
Thanjavur / Tanjore, about 350 kilometers (220 mi) southwest of Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Places to be visited inside of temple :
Sri Vimana
Nandi Mandabam
Mukhamandabam
Mahamandabam
Ardhamandabam
Specialties :
The temple is dedicated to Shiva in the form of a huge linga, his abstract aniconic representation. It is 8.7 m (29 ft) high.
Second Top Secret Specialty of this temple is Vimana, Even Wolrd Scientists not find the method of built. That is,
On the second floor, Shiva’s Tripurantaka form in different postures is depicted corresponding to these sculptures. Above these floors, the sri-vimana towers above in thirteen storeys (talas). Above these storeys is a single square block of granite weight 80 tons, and 7.77 metres (25.5 ft) side. On top of this block, at its corners are Nandi pairs each about 1.98 metres (6 ft 6 in) by 1.68 metres (5 ft 6 in) in dimension.
This Temple has extra ordinary art works made by frescoes made them fixed for more than 1000 years, scultpures, statues, etc that is being the master piece of Indian Temples history.
The temple walls have numerous inscriptions in Tamil and Grantha scripts.
Gallery :
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