Thanjavur - Tamilnadu
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Thanjavur is situated at a distance of 65 Km from Trichy, the Brihadeeswara Temple in Thanjavur is an architectural wonder and reflects the artistic skills of the erstwhile Chola rulers who ruled peninsular India in the early medieval period. Established by the Chola king Rajaraja I in the 11th century. It is one of the tallest temples in the world. It was so designed that the Vimana never casts a shadow at noon at any part of the year.
About The Temple
The origin of the magnificent Brihadeeswara temple shows the history of 10th and the early 11th century, when Rajaraja Chola, the great Chola ruler, ruled a kingdom that spread through a large part of peninsular India. Rajaraja Chola was a great patron of art and architecture. During the time of the Cholas, most of the magnificent temples and exquisite bronze sculptures in South India were created. The style and grace of these sculptures and temples and an eye for the minutest of the details, till today, is without parallel.
Festivities
Every month, the day on which the ruling star is Satabhishag is treated as a festival as that was the ruling star at the time of Rajaraja's birth. The other festival is Karttika day in the month of Karttika. The annual festival for 9 days is celebrated in the month of 'Visaka' (May-June), during which the drama of Raja Rajeswara is also enacted. The deity is daily bathed with fragrant water in which the buds of big Champaka flowers have been soaked. Ghee is used for keeping the temple lamps burning. On festival days, the offering consists of eight varieties of cooked rice. Other items include cake made with Dal, rice, pepper and mustard; vegetable dishes, fried vegetables, sugar, plantain fruits, tamarind, curd and ghee, and other items.
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