Most happening place. Must visit temple.A World heritage monument. Shiva temple. Architectural marvel.Words not enough to describe this temple.But not maintained properly.Tamilnadu government needs to look into this temple, renovate and maintain.

The most divine place Ive ever been to!

I visited it for the fist time in my life. Such a big temple. Huge architectural works. Never seen such a big temple like this. Have good parking facilities and have clean restroom facilities outside the main entrance. Was amazed by our ancestors works on this temple. Need to be protected for years to prove that we are the oldest to construct the strongest architectural marvel in the world. Try to spend more time inside the temple. When you plan for a tour plan atleast half a day for this temple. Do visit this temple once in a life time.

Sit & Meditate to get Brihadeeswara blessings. A breath taking architectural temple built 1000 years ago.Historical tourist spot of Thanjavur. Be there at 6/7am or 5pm .Nice light works by temple management in evening which is amazing to witness. Really a garden like feel inside the temple. A big lawn neatly maintained.One of the largest Nandi present in this temple.King Raja Raja Chola gifted this precious temple to the world in 1010 A.D

The very big sivan temples in thanjavur

Temple,Rajarajeswaram, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Cauvery river in Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India.[1][3] It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Tamil architecture.[4] It is called as Dakshina Meru (Meru of south).[5] Built by Tamil king Raja Raja Chola I between 1003 and 1010 AD, the temple is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Great Living Chola Temples, along with the Chola dynasty era Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple and Airavatesvara temple that are about 70 kilometres (43 mi) and 40 kilometres (25 mi) to its northeast respectively.[6]

The Tanjore Peruvadiyar Temple is a unique symbol of Tamil Nadu. The Tanjore Peruvadiyar Temple, also known as the Periyakoil, is a testament to the rule, administrative prowess, military prowess, art and construction of the Chola emperor Rajaraja. Attacks by sultans, invasions by malls, artillery by Westerners, natural disasters such as thunder, lightning, and earthquakes.

Better watch temple documentry before coming. Unbelievable architecture. This was my second visit. There is no entry fees for all. There is a bus stand, all buses goes from there. There is plenty of space to sit and relax. Free drinking water facilities also available for the visitors. Check the temple timings before going there.

Wah such a beautiful place, that too with a historic significance of appx 1000 years or more.Recently the temple has been Consecrated (Kumbabhishekam has bee. Performed). It js believed that its the 7th Consecration since the construction.One must not miss this place without atleast seeing to the monumental archaeology and the beautiful architecture by the chola kings and late marata kings.Checkout the snapshots for detailed information.

The great temple of Tamil Nadu, So lucky to visit the temple and great infray and civilization and After that know of gerat king Rajaraja cholan .The temple stands more then 1010 years with out any damage

The temple thanjay peryakovilA study in Oriental architecture or history is certainly incomplete without a mention of the Tanjore Brihadeeshwara Temple or the Tanjore Periya Kovil (Big Temple).This imposing structure was built by Raja Raja Cholan and his sister Kundavai, both ardent devotees of Lord Shiva. It was constructed by the King at the height of the Chola reign to signify his power and strength. Here are a few facts not known about this Chola temple of Thanjavur:a) The original name of the deity was Rajarajeshwar. It was the Marathas who gave it the name Brihadeeshwara or the Great Ishwara.b) The main temple is entirely built of granite. More than 130,000 tons of granite is said to have been used to build it.c) A long associated myth with this temple temple is that the shadow of the main structure does not fall on the ground. However, this has been proven wrong by scientists.d) The statue of Nandi at the entrance of the temple is carved out of a single stone.e) The main Vimanam, which is at about 200 feet is often called Dakshin Meru or Southern Meru.f) The inspiration to build the temple came to Raja Raja Cholan during his visit to Sri Lanka and is a result of a dream he had.g) The temple has a portrait of Raja Raja Cholan paying obeisance to Lord Natarajar. This is undoubtedly, the first ever instance of a royal portrait.h) Inscriptions in the temple point towards Kunjara Mallan Raja Raja Perunthachan as the chief architect of the temple. His successors survive to this day and practice the art of Vastu or Vastu Shastra.i) Depictions of nartakis or dancers showing eighty one of hundred and eight karanas (synchronised movements of hands and feet) in Bharata Natyam are carved here. These karanas are a part of karanas mentioned in the Natya Shastra of Bharata Muni or Sage Bharata. There is also evidence that the temple was a platform for talented dancers to showcase their talent. These depictions are first of their kind.j) The inscriptions also mention the different kinds of jewels used in the period. Each of these jewels are mentioned in detail. A total of twenty three different types of pearls, eleven varieties of diamonds and rubies are mentioned in these inscriptions.k)The earliest design plan of the temple date back to 921 AD indicating this took multiple generations to complete.What astounds historians 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 opus of the Chola reign.Brihadeeswarar temple is one of the few temples that have Ashta-dikpaalakas (Guardians of the directions) idols. Chola frescoes adorn the wall of the temple and these frescoes depict Shiva in different poses. Brihadeeswarar temple is the first complete granite temple in the world. Around 60,000 tons of granite is said to be used to build the temple.

Its an amazing art from our earlier kings, still feeling amazing on this

Majestic temple built by our great King Raja Raja - I! the temple is huge and the deity inside the temple (The Shivling) is about 8.7m tall and the Nandhi facing towards the shivling is a monolithic and it is 2m tall. The Vimana at the top of the main tower is carved out of a single rock that weighs about 80 tonnes. Highly recomended place to visit in Thanjavur!

The Biggest Temple of Ancient India. Its shadow never falls on the land. The greatest legacy of rich Indian Culture. A mystery how it would be built thousand years ago when there were no such machines or modern technology.

The original monuments of this 11th-century temple were built around a moat. It included gopura, the main temple, its massive tower, inscriptions, frescoes, and sculptures predominantly related to Shaivism, but also of Vaishnavism and Shaktism traditions of Hinduism. The temple was damaged in its history and some artwork is now missing. Additional mandapam and monuments were added in the centuries that followed. The temple now stands amidst fortified walls that were added after the 16th century.[7][8]

Its really a wonderful place I had ever seen. It has its own History and carrying the History of Tamil Nadu for more than 1000 years and the Great Chozha King - Rajaraja Chozha I, who built this worlds extreme architectural wonder. This is not just a temple or historical evidence or anything else, its the pride of our nation🤩. We all should be proud of it and we should protect and maintain it properly without changing its original form.

Nice temple in tamil nadu ❤❤❤💐💐💐💐💐🙏💐🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 i am karanata Bangalore

The biggest temple in Tamilnadu. The Great Chola King Rajaraja Cholan built this temple and gave lands for temples daily expenses and salary to the employees in 1000 years ago.

The structure was just wondering....😍

Largest of the living chola temple a great example of Cholan Architecture.

A spectrum of Hindu temple styles continued to develop from the 5th to the 9th century over the Chalukya era rule as evidenced in Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal, and then with the Pallava era as witnessed at Mamallapuram and other monuments. Thereafter, between 850 and 1280 CE, Cholas emerged as the dominant dynasty.The early Chola period saw a greater emphasis on securing their geopolitical boundaries and less emphasis on architecture. In the 10th century, within the Chola empire emerged features such as the multifaceted columns with projecting square capitals. This, states George Michell, signaled the start of the new Chola style.This South Indian style is most fully realized both in scale and detail in the Brihadeshvara temple built between 1003 and 1010 by the Chola king Rajaraja

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Brihadishvara Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyār Kōvil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Kaveri river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture. It is called as Dhakshina Meru (Meru of south).Built by Tamil king Raja Raja Chola I between 1003 and 1010 AD, the temple is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Great Living Chola Temples, along with the Chola dynasty era Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple and Airavatesvara temple that are about 70 kilometres (43 mi) and 40 kilometres (25 mi) to its northeast respectively.The original monuments of this 11th century temple were built around a moat. It included gopura, the main temple, its massive tower, inscriptions, frescoes and sculptures predominantly related to Shaivism, but also of Vaishnavism and Shaktism traditions of Hinduism. The temple was damaged in its history and some artwork is now missing. Additional mandapam and monuments were added in centuries that followed. The temple now stands amidst fortified walls that were added after the 16th century.Built out of granite, the vimana tower above the sanctum is one of the tallest in South India.It was, in all likelihood, one of the tallest structures in the world at the time of its construction.[citation needed] The temple has a massive colonnaded prakara (corridor) and one of the largest Shiva lingas in India.It is also famed for the quality of its sculpture, as well as being the location that commissioned the brass Nataraja – Shiva as the lord of dance, in 11th century. The complex includes shrines for Nandi, Parvati, Kartikeya, Ganesha, Sabhapati, Dakshinamurti, Chandeshvara, Varahi and others. The temple is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Tamil NaduA spectrum of Hindu temple styles continued to develop from the 5th to the 9th century over the Chalukya era rule as evidenced in Aihole, Badami and Pattadakal, and then with the Pallava era as witnessed at Mamallapuram and other monuments. Thereafter, between 850 and 1280 CE, Cholas emerged as the dominant dynasty. The early Chola period saw a greater emphasis on securing their geopolitical boundaries and less emphasis on architecture. In the 10th century, within the Chola empire emerged features such as the multifaceted columns with projecting square capitals. This, states George Michell, signaled the start of the new Chola style.note This South Indian style is most fully realized both in scale and detail in the Brihadeshvara temple built between 1003 and 1010 by the Chola king Rajaraja

Beautiful place...

Wonderful architecture, mind blowing temple

Antiquated ❣️

Ok

Nice place

Very ancient temple. Very best example for the temple architecture . World famous temple. Recently renovated with the orginally.

One of the wonders of the world...Shows the heritage of Tamil people...

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What an architectural wonder from 11th century which is a unique multi storey structure.Two entrance gopurams are beautifully carved with finest sculpture of the times and its miracle that it survived more than 1000 years of time.The sanctorum tower is carved with unique themes from the scriptures which is very tall and might have been visible from very faraway in the ancient times.small museum in the complex gives an idea of paintings in the sanctum from the chola times as we are not lucky to directly see all of them.complex has some of the colorful paintings from the times of maratha rulers adding grandeur to this ancient temple. Theres huge crowds due to khumbabishekam month making so much noise and event scaffolding needs to be removed immediately to protect the monument.

Brihadeeshwara Temple (Peruvudaiyar Kovil) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Thanjavur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is also known as Periya Kovil, RajaRajeswara Temple and Rajarajesvaram. It is one of the largest temples in India and is an example of Dravidian architecture during the Chola period. Built by emperor Raja Raja Chola I and completed in 1010 AD, the temple turned 1000 years old in 2010. The temple is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Great Living Chola Temples, with the other two being the Brihadeeswarar Temple, Gangaikonda Cholapuram and Airavatesvara temple.

My fav temple in the world

Wonderful hloyu place

World wonder

Nice place

I love this temple

Big historic Temple in world.

Big temple is so big

Pride of Tamil Nadu.The property of the world.Green grass all around.The centenary miracle.It is impossible to construct another.They are allowed between 6am and 8pm.Walking distance from the bus station.It is 3 km away from the train station.Tourist bus stand opposite the temple.

Matchless building made by Tamil people

Amazing

Super

Biggest tampul

Super

Must visit

Miracle

Super

Icon of India 😍

Impeccable

Good place to spend evenings with your loved ones

தஞ்சை பெருவுடையார் கோயில்... தமிழ்நாட்டின் அதிசயம்..❤️ தமிழனின் கட்டடக்கலைக்கு ஒரு சிறந்த உதாரணம் அது நம் பெருவுடையார் கோயில்..இந்தக் கோவில் தலம் தஞ்சாவூரிலுள்ள, சோழ நாட்டு காவிரி ஆற்றின் தென்கரையில் அமைந்துள்ள திருவிசைப்பா பாடல் பெற்ற சிவன் கோயிலாகும். .இந்தக் கோவில் 1003-1004 ஆம் ஆண்டு தொடங்கி 1010 ஆம் ஆண்டு கட்டி முடிக்கப்பட்ட இந்த கோயிலுக்கு 2010 ஆவது ஆண்டோடு 1000 ஆண்டுகள் நிறைவடைந்தன..இக்கோவிலில் தமிழின் சிறப்புக்களும் மாமன்னர் இராஜ ராஜ சோழனின் தமிழ் பற்றும் கோயிலில் உள்ள சிவ லிங்கத்தின் உயரம் 12 அடி தமிழின் உயிர் எழுத்துக்கள் 12, சிவ லிங்கத்தின் பீடத்தின் உயரம் 18 அடி தமிழின் மெய் எழுத்துக்கள் 18, கோயிலின் கோபுரத்தின் உயரம் 216 அடி தமிழின் உயிர் மெய் எழுத்துக்கள் 216, சிவ லிங்கத்திற்கும் நந்திக்கும் உள்ள இடைவெளி 247 அடி தமிழின் மொழியின் மொத்த எழுத்துக்கள் 247 ஆகும்.இரண்டு அல்லது மூன்று தளங்களை மட்டுமே கொண்டு கோயில்கள் கட்டப்பட்டு வந்த காலத்தில், கற்களே கிடைக்காத காவிரி சமவெளிப் பகுதியில், 15 தளங்கள் கொண்ட சுமார் 60 மீ உயரமான ஒரு கற்கோயிலை ராஜராஜன் எழுப்பினார்.இத்தகையதொரு பிரம்மாண்டமான கோயில் சுமார் 7 ஆண்டுகளில் கட்டி முடிக்கப்பட்டது.இக்கோவில் வரலாற்று முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்த ஒன்று

The height of the plane at the temple is 216 feet (66 m). [22]The height of the Shiva lingam in the temple of King Raja Raja Chola is 12 feet. The height of the pedestal of the Shiva lingam is 18 feet. The height of the tower of the temple is 216 feet. The total number of characters in the Tamil language is 247During the period when the temples were built on only two or three floors, Rajaraja erected a stone temple about 60 m high with 15 floors in the Cauvery plain where no stones were available.Such a magnificent temple was completed in about 7 yearsThe Shiva lingam in the sanctum sanctorum is the largest Shiva lingam in the world. The 6 feet high, 54 feet circumferential Audaiyar and 23 half feet high lingam are individually carved and attached with black stones.The majestic Nandi statue at the entrance of the temple is 13 feet and 16 feet high and 16 feet wide, respectively. [12]Other temples in Tamil Nadu that are similarly located are the Gangaikonda Cholapuram Brihadeeswarar Temple, the Tarasuram Iravadeswarar Temple and the Thirubuvanam Gampahareswarar Temple.Completed in the year 1010, the temple celebrated its 1000th birthday in the year 2010.

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This is one of the most beautiful temples I have visited, and in the wonderful city of Thanjavur. Place to visit more than once in your life. Wonderful darshan. Very organized. place to contemplate, meditate, be.

Evidence that antiquity has not yet disappeared

This temple is a Shiva shrine. It is located in Thanjavur. This temple has a thousand glories of pride. Thats because it was built a thousand years ago. It was built by Raja Raja Chola, a descendant of the Cholas who ruled with Uraiyur as their capital. The secret behind the construction of this temple is still a mystery. The wonder of this temple is that the shadow of the plane of the tower of this temple does not fall on Keele. This is very surprising. And this temple is built with the Tamil script as a forerunner. A similar temple has been built in Pudukkottai district before. It is said to have been built by Raja Raja Cholas ancestor Chola. History has it that this temple was built with that in mind. It is worth mentioning that a similar temple was built in Ariyalur district after Raja Raja Chola. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 TOP VISION INDIA.

Most vistible place in the world..8th wounder dont miss that .. The wonder built 1100 years ago with the most scientific nuances in the world

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என்னுடைய ராசராசனுடைய கோவில்

Thanjavur Brihadeeswarar Annabhishekam

The Chola king called Muthallam Rajaraja Ozhozhan, built the temple of Thanjapur Peruvadar, a symbol of the Cholas. The construction work of the temple began in the 1️⃣9️⃣C of the reign of Rajaraja Chola I (1003👉1004 AD) and ended in the 2️⃣5 (C (1009👉1010 AD). , In wealth and art in the Chola period This is a testament to excellence. The plural pillars with square panels are the newest form of monastic architecture.The temple is a fine example of the talent of the Cholas in architecture, sculpture, painting, bronze statue, and is a testament to the unique Dravidian architecture, the rule of the Cholas and the civilization of the Tamil people.

Tamil breeding ground ... Tanjore

World Wonder Thanjavur Great Temple

Very well built temple. It will be a big Q. The big Shiva is inside the Vund temple. The big Nandeesam is a special attraction.

🕉 name sivaya

Fantastic place

Sivam

Iraiva

The best example of Tamil architecture

Om Namashivayaaaa ......

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Tamilzhan 😍

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