This temple was built by the Pallava king Narashimhavarman -2 (700-728 CE). The whole temple complex is built out of sandstone. But for the load-bearing course of Adhisthana, I.e. Patrika, which is of granite. On plan, the temple consist of the garbhagriha aradhamandapa, and a shine built by Mahedravarman, all facing east side. The sanctum has thesomaskanda panel in addition to the polished Dhara kinda which is a characteristics feature of all pallava temples. The prakara wall has 58 small shrines attached to the inner surface of the wall. Small shine There is on their series of seven attached to the outer surface of the prakara wall.
State : Tamilnadu.
It's left to the imagenation of all about the kind of mechanism they adopted to hoist huge stone a top the stracture.
Stracturally, the Brihadisvara temple is the greatest of all the temples built in India.
Near tourist places
District : Tanjavaru.
Religious site : Brihadeeswara temple .
Travel time : 12hour by train.
Entrance fees : Yes.
Tanjavaru temple history
The stone used in building this ediface is migmatitic granite of various colours.
The stone were quarried either form the rocky out crop near Trichy in the west
Or near pudukkottai.
All involved extensive logistic.
The architect of Rajaraja chola king adopted the plan
And elevation followed in the early temples.
But the size is a bold and imaginative attempt.
The execution of the bold conceptualisation is remarkable.
Ab obvious requirement to build this ediface is a huge and highly skilled labour force.
An exlent logistics like continuous chain supply of raw material like stone, bricks, lime huge quantity of earth required fore filling and
Construction of ramps, sand, scaffolding materials, iron chisel fore the stone mason etc., Was maintained.
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| Sun set time captured photo Brihadeeswara temple |
Indeed, a great engineering achievement.
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| Brihadeeswara temple |
Stracturally, the Brihadisvara temple is the greatest of all the temples built in India.
Rajaraja, the builder of this temple planned this temple not only to be perfect Starcture but also a great institutions.
What inspired Rajaraja to conceive this great temple vast in concept, and form ? There is no answer in history.
But rajaraja began the construction of this temple sometime in AD1000.This temple construction completed in 110AD.
Rajaraja's rule come to an end by 1014.
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| 3D curving technology used in 10th century |
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| Entrance of the temple |
Near tourist places
Thiru nageshwar temple
Suryanarayana temple
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