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| Re: Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple Architecture What makes Thanjai Periya Kovil (Big Temple) the Periya Kovil |
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| Re: Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple Architecture Quote:
On top of facts you posted. The Brihadeeswarar temple’s distance and height are meticulously designed to represent the number of alphabets in the Tamil language. Tamil, a language with a rich history, comprises 247 letters, which are arranged in a specific pattern to create these architectural marvels.
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| Re: Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple Architecture Wonderful writing. The pictures shows depth of the architecture. It brought back my memories of visiting these places. If Govt can organise proper guided tours or ensure well informed and educated guides, we all will know more about these wonders. |
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| Re: Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple Architecture Thanks for sharing , as it will help me visit the famous temples which, I have been thinking for many years. |
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| Re: Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple Architecture One of a kind road trip! Next time, do visit Madurai Meenatchi amman temple and Mahabalipuram. It would make for a great experience. |
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| Re: Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple Architecture Awesome. I wish to visit a few soon. Long back, I visited Vaitheshwaran Kovil, one of the few temples dedicated to Angakar. I was surprised to see the grandeur of the temple, considering it was so old. Thanks for sharing, may be one day I will take cue from this trip! |
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| Re: Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple Architecture
Sure, infact we wanted to have Madurai too in our trip but there wasn't just enough time. Madurai + further south of TN is something for sure we will cover one day. Mahabalipuram is not new to me. I have been there so many times during my initial years of living in Chennai. Unfortunately I do not have any photos from those days. Having said - its never boring to plan route along ECR towards Mahabalipuram and further to Pondy. |
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| Re: Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple Architecture Quote:
It’s incredible to think about the number of structures built by our ancestors. They truly are mind-blowing! | |
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| Re: Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple Architecture Tanjore-Dharasuram-Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple complexes are maintained by the Archeological survey of India. The huge Nandi in Brihadeeswara temple is not from Chola era. It was much smaller and was damaged by the army of Malik Kafur. It can still be seen in a corner of the outer prahara. So it was replaced with the current gigantic Nandi by the Nayak dynasty who were originally the satraps of the newly annexed areas appointed by the Vijayanagar empire, after Tanjore-Trichy-Madurai areas were rescued from the short lived Madurai sultanate (Ma'bar sultanate) by prince Kumara Kampanna Odeyar of Vijayanagara (who later ruled the empire as Harihara II). Similar huge Nandis can be seen in Hoysala temples of Karnataka. Last edited by Aditya : 27th January 2025 at 05:01. Reason: Typo |
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| Re: Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple Architecture Wonderful!. This is a trip that I had dreamed for about 15 years but never materialized. Hope to do it soon. |
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| Re: Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple Architecture Wonderful writeup . I did a similar trip last month and this writeup kind of reminded me of those big temples. Evening is a good time to visit most of these temples as we can enjoy it in both day light and dark. We went to Srirangam, Thanjavur, Gangaikonda Cholapuram and then to Pondicherry. We missed Darasuram and chidambharam instead we went to chettinad area to visit palaces. |
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BHPian ![]() | Re: Divine Designs: Exploring the Legacy of Tamil Temple Architecture Excellent Writeup and well planned trip. People are missing one major temple in Kumbakonam which no one talks about. Pazhayarai Location Link : https://maps.app.goo.gl/6gm7zUSDP3qNokv96 One need to visit this place to experience the peace it gives. ![]() ![]() |
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![]() Thanks a lot! Thanks for this. Obviously we missed it but I am sure this is not the only one. Hopefully I can make it next time. | ||
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