Great temple of the Chola dynasty
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UNESCO world heritage 
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Thanjavur - Brihadishwara Temple |
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 India
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | (ii) (iii) |
| Reference No .: | 250 |
| UNESCO region : | Asia and Pacific |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 1987 (session 17) |
| Extension: | 2004 |
Great Living Chola Temples is a collective term for three of the UNESCO in the list of World Heritage recorded Hindu temple dating back to the Chola dynasty (9th to 13th century) in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu .
Historical background
Since the end of the 9th century, the Chola gradually took over power from the Pallava . In terms of architecture , they tread new paths in some cases - so they did not imitate the centuries-old rock temple tradition of their predecessors, but created exclusively open-air temples. While the early temples were still small and unadorned (e.g. Enadi or Panangudi ), the Valisvara temple in Thiruvaleeswaram (around 950) marks the transition to representative temple architecture, which culminated in the later large buildings.
buildings
The World Heritage temples are the Brihadishvara Temple of Thanjavur , the Brihadishvara Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram and the Airavateshvara Temple of Darasuram , all of which are within a 70 km radius of each other. The Brihadishvara Temple of Thanjavur has been a World Heritage Site since 1987. In 2004 the World Heritage Site was expanded to include the temples of Gangaikonda Cholapuram and Darasuram; The admission of the Kampaharesvara temple of Tirubuvanam (around 1200), which is also significant in terms of architectural history, is still pending .
 
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Location of the temple |
| place | temple | Client | construction time | location | image |
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| Thanjavur | Brihadishvara Temple | Rajaraja I. | around 1000 | 10 ° 46 '59 "N, 79 ° 7' 57" E |
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| Gangaikonda Cholapuram | Brihadishvara Temple | Rajendra I. | around 1040 | 11 ° 12 ′ 22 "N, 79 ° 26 ′ 58" E |
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| Darasuram | Airavateshvara Temple | Rajaraja II | around 1170 | 10 ° 56 ′ 54 ″ N, 79 ° 21 ′ 25 ″ E |
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See also
Web links
- Chola Temple - Photos + Info ( ASI , English)
- Chola Temples - Photos and information (English)
- Chola Temples - Photos and information (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ German name after German UNESCO Commission: The UNESCO World Heritage List ; English: Great Living Chola Temples , French: Les grands temples vivants Chola .
Cultural heritage: Ajanta Rock Temple (1983) | Ellora Cave Temple (1983) | Red Fort in Agra (1983) | Taj Mahal (1983) | Konarak Sun Temple (1984) | Mahabalipuram Temple District (1984) | Churches and Monasteries of Goa (1986) | Khajuraho Temple District (1986) | Temple District of Hampi (1986) | Mughal city of Fatehpur Sikri (1986) | Pattadakal Temple Complex (1987) | Elephanta Caves (1987) | Great Temples of the Chola Dynasty (1987) | Buddhist shrine near Sanchi (1989) | Humayun's Mausoleum (1993) | Qutb Complex (1993) | Mountain Railways in India (1999) | Mahabodhi Temple of Bodhgaya (2002) | Bhimbetka Caves (2003) | Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (2004) | Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park (2004) | Red Fort in Delhi (2007) | The Jantar Mantar in Jaipur (2010) | Mountain Fortresses of Rajasthan (2013) | Rani Ki Vav (2014) | The architectural work of Le Corbusier : Capitol Complex in Chandigarh (2016) | Nalanda Mahavihara Archaeological Site (2016) | Old City of Ahmedabad (2017) | Victorian Gothic and Art Deco ensembles in Mumbai (2018) | Old City of Jaipur (2019)
Natural heritage: Kaziranga National Park (1985) | Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (1985) | Keoladeo National Park (1985) | Sundarbans National Park (1987) | Nanda Devi National Park and Valley of Flowers National Park (1988) | Western Ghats (2012) | Great Himalaya National Park (2014)
Cultural / natural heritage: Kangchenjunga National Park (2016)
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