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Regardng how the Tanjore temple was built? |
Travel Info Here's an alternative explanation. 喈曕喁嵿喁?喈夃疅喁堗畷喁嵿畷 喈掂瘒喈｀瘝喈熰喈瘝. 喈曕瘉喈熰瘓喈ㄠ瘝喈む喈侧瘝 喈瘚喈む瘉喈瘝. Its very simple. It is a Himalayan task thateven current technology is not able to replicate even today... that means it was done in a supernatural (magic) method. You need to "find a word form that has 喈ㄠ瘝 as the soul, with the "tool" being 喈瘚", i.e., there is a very very BIG ROCK. I have a "FLY" I transfer the power of a elephant (soul) to the fly, thus giving it "supernatural powers" then I use it to "guide and cut through the rocks" simply by generating a tune from my flute which "maps" the path the fly has to fly in the "atomic map" of molecules... it is like a "atlas" or "path" formed by an operation of "connect the dots" the Fly cuts through the solid rock ... If anybody has any alternative explanation (like somebody said elephants were used to "roll" big stones in round logs like wheels) remember that, the logs are not perfect wheels, and even if they were somehow able to push through Travel Tips Bragatheeswarar Temple, The Big Temple Rajaraja Cholan, the Great Chola king built The Bragatheeswarar (Peruvudaiyar) Temple, also known as Big Temple. "In the twenty-fifth year of Rajaraja Cholan (A.D 1009-10) on the 257th day of the year the king handed over the copper pot for the finial at the top of the Vimana". It weighed about 235 lbs., and was overlaid with gold plate of the weight of 292.5 Kalanju or nearly 35 lbs. Troy. http://www.thanjavur.com/bragathe.htm... Temple Layout: Rajarajeswaram, as the temple was named by its founder, fills a large portion of the small fort (Sivaganga Fort), encircled by moat on the east and west, the Grand Anaicut Channel (Putharu) on the south, and by the Sivaganga Garden on the north. The temple is entered by an imposing gateway on the east, on either side of which stand two small shrine dedicated to Ganapathi and Mrurgan, and further through another Gopuram 90 feet high. This way leads into an outer court. A second and magnificent Gopuram further leads into the main court in which the temple is built. The inner court is about 500 feet long and 250 feet broad, is well paved with brick and stone. The court is surrounded on all sides by a cloister. The western and northern wings have Sivalingams consecrated therein, and there are paintings over these walls depicting sixty-four Nayanmars, sacred sport of Siva. The outer measurement of the temple are 793 feet by 397 feet. Source(s): http://www.thanjavur.com/bragathe.htm... Other Travel Tips The Brihadisvara temple (also spelled Brihadeshvara Temple) is an ancient Hindu temple located at Thanjavur in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. This 10th century CE temple, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Great Living Chola Temples", is a brilliant example of the Dravidian style of temple architecture. The central temple known as the Periya Kovil (Big Temple) stands within a fort, whose walls are later additions built during the 16th century. The name periya kovil came from its original name "periya aavudayar kovil" (aavudayar being a local name of Lord Shiva). The vimana (main tower) of the temple is about 70 m high and is the tallest in the world. It was so designed that the vimana never casts a shadow at noon at any part of the year. The shikaram (crown), an octagonal, carved cupola, itself is very large and heavy (81.25 tonnes) and (until a few years back) was thought to be carved out of a single stone. However during one of the cleaning efforts, it was found to be in two pieces. The task of carrying this huge crown to a height of 70 m is another feat worth mentioning. In order to do this, an inclined plane of sand was built from a distance of nearly 11 km. The place where this scaffold began is called the Sarap pallam ("Scaffold Pit"). The Brihadisvara temple was built by the great Tamil ruler, Rajaraja Chola I of the Chola dynasty. In the twenty-fifth year of Rajaraja Chola (1009鈥?010 CE), on the 257th day of the year, the king handed over the copper pot for the final decoration atop the Vimana. It weighed about 107 kg and was overlaid with gold plate of the weight of 292.5 Kalanju (nearly 13 kg). The main deity worshipped the temple is 艢iva, in the usual form of a linga. The Shivalinga of Sri Brihadisvara is probably the grandest in existence. It is the largest Shiva linga in the world[citation needed]. This image was originally called Adavallan (Expert Dancer). Another name was Dakshina Meru Vitanken. Both the names occur in Thiruvisaipa as the names of the deity at Chidambaram. This possibly indicates that the 艢aiva creed derived its support at the time mainly from Chidambaram. Rajaraja Chola calls the image Rajarajeswaramudaiyar (The Lord of Rajarajeswaram). The tower over the shrine is named Dakshina Meru after the abode of Lord 艢iva at Kailasa. A remarkable feature of the temple is the great Nandi (stone bull). The Nandi that figures at the entrance is immense in size (a popular belief is that it is growing by the day), and the ceiling of its enclosure is decorated with frescoes in the typical painting style of Thanjavur. The Nandi weighs 27 tonnes and is the second largest in the world. The tall Rajagopuram of the temple also found use as a survey platform during the measurement of the Great Arc, by the Survey of India under William Lambton. The temple is approached from the East via two gopuras or gateways, flanked by two huge guardian figures with various Shaiva legends represented in the carvings below. The shrime tower is thirteen stories tall. The exterior is decoration with hundreds of painted stucco sculptures. In the interior, the inner sanctum contains a massive Shiva lingam that is the object of devotion. The inner gopura is the Brihadeshvara temple which has a circle of sea monster heads topped by a protective monster mask. Plaster sculptures on the roof were added later. The dome topping the sanctuary is carved out of a single large stone weighing 81 tons. The temple compound includes a Chandeshvara shrine with octagonal dome, a Nandi pavillion, a porch with overhanging eve, a mandapa or columned hall, an antechamber, and a towered sanctuary, and other, smaller shrines. Most Shiva temples and shrines have a sculpture of Nandi, Shiva's mount, who faces the linga enshrined within the temple. The columned porch fronts the columned hall which leads to the sanctuary. A colonade is built along the outer enclosure wall surrounding the temple complex In the sanctuary niches in the walls contain finely carved figures of Shiva and other gods. Dancing Shive figures cover one wall. Various websites/wikipedia |
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