Great Living Chola Temples Great Living Chola Temples (UNESCO/NHK)

Site inscribed in 1987
The great Temple of Tanjore (Thanjavur) was built between 1003 and 1010 in the reign of the great King Rajaraja, founder of the Chola Empire which stretched over all of South India and the neighbouring islands. Surrounded by two rectangular enclosures, the Brihadisvara Temple (built from blocks of granite and, in part, from bricks) is crowned with a pyramidal 13-storey tower, the vimana, standing 61 m high and topped ...
Source: UNESCO TV / © NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
URL: whc.unesco.org/en/list/250/

[@devia5376]

The temple and also Bharathanattiyam is still here in Tamil Nadu and you can proudly find it

[@xthia25]

Tamilian culture, in general, is my favorite of the whole India!

[@cartergomez5390]

Sadhguru is from Tamil Nadu!

[@yeelanma9165]

@@cartergomez5390 he is a con man

[@anonymous_Tamil]

He is a fraud,man🤢

[@devia5376]

The culture , temples and people still Here Alive. Medial should focus and increase this Rather some one kissing in Bollywood . I mean grow up guys ! Nation doesn’t want battle . There is no point

[@OnlyOneHunnids]

Of course

[@KeepCalmandLoveClassics]

The Chola Dynasty 🙏🏻

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Tamilanda🔥🔥🔥

[@bhadrinath4191]

Bharat

[@devia5376]

Please don’t talk like as though everything is extinct from India or Tamil Nadu.

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Proud Indian

[@hawaiiguykailua6928]

How old is this temple really? The granite stone atop this temple is more than 160,000lbs and over 200ft high! The way it sits atop engineering wise means it was carved first and made to interlock perfectly once put in place. There is no way it could be lifted today without destroying the relief carvings. the ancient world is just so bewildering and beyond our engineering comprehension it makes me feel like a retarded ant at times.

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A millenium.

[@RajendraYadav-rk2qq]

I love india

[@Kogarashis]

Shiva is the god of destruction but VISHNU is god of creation. also, main temple is called as garbh-griha, that has vimana.

[@devia5376]

Do u know u are wrong by beginning this video ?? Don’t talk Like it’s extinct It will be only When let to

[@JZ-gr1tz]

2:52 there's Latin song. Lyrics telling the word the same. She is part of 360. Planet trinity. . Tell the men of planet the song what not to do and to do or they will loss planet. If I'm not mistaken the song is called Guajira cosmic of 1977 Is in Latin but can use Google translation The interpretation is same

[@VigneshVignesh-ks3vh]

Temples original name is peruvudaiyar koil. Built by the great Tamil chola king Arulmozhivarman.

[@mickeyisded]

for those who doesn't understood this part- in the cc the thongs award - it's actually "thanjavur " (i laughed at this part like a dying pig lol-)

[@ReiseKapoor_]

Dance has to nothing to do with God Shiva. Shiva means everything.