आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

Massive temple in the city of Tanjore in
state of Tamil Nadu, dedicated to the
god Shiva in his form as “Lord of Kings.”
Tanjore was the capital of the Chola
dynasty, and this temple, built approximately 1000 C.E. by the Chola king Raja
Raja, conveys the confidence of a kingdom on the rise. Architecturally speaking, the temple is an enlargement of the
simplest sort of Hindu temple, with a
garbhagrha covered by a spire, but it is
breathtaking in its scale. The tower over
the central shrine is 190 feet high and
looks even higher, since the construction minimizes any distracting elements
that would arrest the eye’s upward
journey. It is capped by a single piece
of stone weighing an estimated
eighty tons, which required a four-milelong ramp to put in place. See also
Moghul dynasty.