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Pirakatīsvarar Tirukkōyil (Thanjāvūr, India)


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    • Big Temple at Thanjavur
    • Brhadeswara Temple (Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Br̥hadīśvara (Temple : Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Brhdisvara Temple (Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Brihadeshvara Temple (Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Brihadishvara Temple (Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Brihadisvara Temple (Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Brihadīśvaram (Temple : Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Chola Temple Thanjavur
    • Irācarācēccuram (Thañjāvūr, India)
    • Pagoda at Tanjore
    • Peruvudaiyar Kovil (Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Peruvuṭaiyār Kōyil (Thañjāvūr, India)
    • Pirakatīcuvarar Kōyil (Thañjāvūr, India)
    • Raja Rajeswaram Temple (Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Rajarajeshvara Temple (Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Rājarājeśvaram (Temple : Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Tanjavur Br̥hadīśvara
    • Tanjore Chola Temple
    • Temple Rājarājeśvaram (Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Ten̲ticai Mēru (Thañjāvūr, India)
    • Thanjai Periya Kovil (Thanjāvūr, India)
    • Thanjavur Big Temple
    • Thanjavur Temple

  • Additional Information

    • Descriptor

        Hindu temples

    • Associated Locale

        India

    • Associated Locale

        Thanjāvūr (India)

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      • Sources

        • found: Tañcāvūr Aruḷmiku Pirakatīsvarar Tirukkōyil makākumpāpiṣēkam ... 1980:p. 18. (Brihadisvara Temple of Thanjavur, built by Raja Raja I, and consecrated in 1010 A.D.) p. 36 (Brhadeswara Temple)
        • found: Irācarācēccuram, 1994:p. 1 (Ten̲ticai Mēru; Peruvuṭaiyār Kōyil ; Pirakatīcuvarar Kōyil)
        • found: Rājarājeśvaram, the pinnacle of Chola art, 1985:jkt. (Temple Rājarājeśvaram or Brihadīśvaram) pref. (Rajarajesvaram in Tanjavur district, Tamil Nadu)
        • found: Tanjavur Br̥hadīśvara, 1995.
        • found: Music and dance in the Thanjavur Big Temple, 2004.
        • found: Brhdisvara Temple, Thanjavur, 1997:screen titles (Brhdisvara Temple, Thanjavur)
        • found: Wikipedia, September 18, 2023:Brihadisvara Temple (Brihadishvara Temple, called Rajarajesvaram (lit. 'Lord of Rajaraja') by its builder, and known locally as Thanjai Periya Kovil (lit. 'Thanjavur Big Temple') and Peruvudaiyar Kovil, is a Shaivite Hindu temple built in a Chola architectural style located on the south bank of the Cauvery river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India; The temple is currently administered and managed by Babaji Bhonsle, the head of the Thanjavur Maratha royal family. He serves as the hereditary trustee of the palace Devasthanam which continues to manage 88 Chola temples including the Brihadeeswara temple)
        • found: Wikidata, September 18, 2023(Raja Rajeswaram Temple; also known as: Peruvudaiyar Kovil; Brihadishvara Temple; Rajarajeshvara Temple; Pagoda at Tanjore; Brihadisvara Temple; Brhadisvara Temple; Chola Temple Thanjavur; Thanjavur Temple; Tanjore Chola Temple; Big Temple at Thanjavur; Brihadeshvara Temple)

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      • Change Notes

        • 1989-12-01: new
        • 2023-09-20: revised

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