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Brihadisvara Temple, Gangaikonda Cholapuram

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Brihadeshwara Temple (also called Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple and Gangaikondacholeeswaram) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Ariyalur district, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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View of the entire temple complex.

Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple

Basic information
Affiliation Hinduism
State Tamil Nadu
District Ariyalur district
Architectural description
Architectural type Dravidian Architecture
Specifications

Brihadisvara Temple, Gangaikonda Cholapuram Media

  • Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple by the highway.

  • The vimana traces a curve, unlike Thanjavur temple.

  • The Ganesha shrine with the main Shiva temple

  • Shiva shown garlanding king Rajendra I[1]

  • The Nandi facing the sanctum.

  • Nataraja dancing over the demon of ignorance.

  • Another depiction of Nataraja, surrounded by Parvati and other deities dancing.

  • Kalantaka legend, signifying the dance of time and eternity by Shiva

  • Shiva inside linga - Lingodbhava

  • Shiva with Parvati in an amorous pose, dancer panels surround them.

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  1. ↑ George Michell 1988, p. 51 footnote 17.
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