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The yazh (Tamil: யாழ், also transliterated yāḻ, pronounced) is a harp used in ancient Tamil music.It was strung with gut strings that ran from a curved ebony neck to a boat or trough-shaped resonator, the opening of which was a covered with skin for a soundboard.
Images or icons have been found on the entrance walls of the temples, and the graceful mythical lion is believed to protect and guard the temples and ways leading to the temple. They usually have the stylised body of a lion and the head of some other beast, most often an elephant (gaja-vyala). [ 8 ]
A structure of a mythical lion, "YAZHI" (A statue of lion) made out of a single stone with a rolling ball inside its mouth is carved on two pillars. A structure of Lord Shiva riding a vedhic horse is carved on two other pillars made out of a single stone. Belur Temple Scripts.
The entrance doorjamb and the doors were made of Burma teak wood. The floors would having the marble stones imported from Dutch. Attangudi tiles add much beauty to the palace. The inner ceiling of the bungalow would have teak wood. Sculptures such as yazhi and elephant would be found with beautiful iconographical aspects.
These have intricate carvings of Hindu legends, and some are plated with silver or gold foils. The most significant of the temple chariots are the Garuda vahana, the Simha vahana, the Yanai vahana, the Kudirai vahana, the Hanumantha vahana, the Yazhi vahana, the Sesha vahana, the Annapakshi vahana, the Otrai vahana and the Prabhai vahana. [4] [83]
The bridge is located in Chi'an Town (simplified Chinese: 赤岸镇; traditional Chinese: 赤岸鎮; pinyin: Chì'àn Zhèn), and it is about 100 meters west of Yazhi Street (雅治街). It goes across the Dragon Creek (traditional Chinese: 龍溪, simplified Chinese: 龙溪, pinyin: Lóng Xī).
Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple Entrance. The city was founded by Rajendra I to commemorate his victory over the Pala Dynasty.It is now a small village, its past eminence only remembered by the existence of the Mahashiva Temple.
Koranganatha Temple is a Hindu temple situated in the town of Srinivasanallur, about 50 kilometres from Tiruchirappalli.This temple was managed, maintained and protected by peoples of Muthuraiyar / Muthuraja community who believed as ancestors Medieval Cholas.