The Great Chola Temples

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Chola Murals
P.S. Sriraman
  The Chola royalty zealously built many stone temples all over their kingdom. The Rajarajesvaram is the grandest of all Chola temples. The exact year in which Rajaraja I (AD 985-1014) commenced the massive exercise of constructing Rajarajesvaram is not recorded anywhere. Apart from conceptualizing…
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Notes on Certain Aspects of Brihadisvara Temple
  1. Brihadisvara Legends   Fig. 1: Brihadisvara temple (Image taken by Debhashish Bannerjee)                                                                              There are a number of legends associated with the temple. The two given below are the most well-known ones.   1. Karuvur Devar…
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