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The
great southern temples (c.1000's on) |
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Rajarajeshvara Chola's great
Brihadishvara
temple in TANJORE (Thanjavur), in early engravings and photographs |
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Photos of Brihadishvara by some
modern visitors |
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The KUMBAKONAM area has
other great
Chola temples as well; for excellent overview images see *kumbakonam* |
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CONJEEVARAM (Kanchipuram) too is a
famous
temple town |
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The astonishingly elaborate
Keshava Vishnu
temple at SOMNATHPUR, near Mysore (Hoysala, 13th c.) |
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The Chamundeshwari temple in
Mysore, with
several views of its temple chariots |
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TIRUPATI, in southern Andhra
Pradesh, has
the Shri Venkateshvara temple and others as well |
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The famous Ranganathaswami Temple
of Vishnu,
in Srirangam, within TRICHINOPOLY |
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Another major site: the Shiva
Nataraja temple
at CHIDAMBARAM |
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The Minakshi temple at MADURAI:
some early
engravings |
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The Madurai complex also features
remarkably
carved pillars in its galleries |
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Madurai: how the temples look
today (*more
views*) |
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Reaching out toward Sri Lanka: the
Rama
temple at RAMESHWARAM |
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Meanwhile, down in Sri Lanka: in
the 11th
century, the huge rock-cut Buddha images of POLONNARUWA were carved out
of a hillside |
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