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Brihadishvara Temple, called Rajarajesvaram (lit. ' Lord of Rajaraja ') by its builder, and known locally as Thanjai Periya Kovil (lit. ' Thanjavur Big Temple ') and Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Shaivite [3] [4] Hindu temple built in a Chola architectural style [5] located on the south bank of the Cauvery river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Description: Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur, state of Tamil Nadu, India. The Temple was built by Tamil king Raja Raja Chola in 1010 AD. Built out of granite, the vimana tower above the sanctum is one of the tallest in South India - 63.4 metres (208 ft) high.
English: Top blocks of Brihadisvara Temple's Vimana, Thanjavur where the sikhara, a cupolic dome (25 tons), is octagonal and rests on a single block of granite, weighing 80 tons, It is the largest monolith placed on a towering structure in the world.
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"Pagoda at Tanjore" from 'Twenty Four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt'. This aquatint is taken from plate 10 of Salt's 'Twenty Four Views in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt'. Tanjore (Thanjavur) is in Tamil Nadu in South India.
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