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Thanjavur
This city
is 55 km east of Tiruchirappalli. It is the highly fertile delta of the Cavery
River and the capital of the Cholas during their supremacy.
The
Brihadiswara Temple
is at W.Main Road at S.Rampart street. Visit: 0600 to noon and 1600 to 2030. This temple is dedicated to
Shiva, but the sculptures on the gopuram is dedicated to Vishnu and inside there
are Buddhist sculptures. The gaint Nandi bull, within a single courtyard
is the second largest in India. There are 80 ton block of granite capped in the
pyramidal tower, pulled to the top along an inclined plane that began in a
village 6 Km away. The carefully planned and executed architecture make
the temple a fine example of Dravidian artisanship.
The Raja Museum and Art Gallery
is at the Nayak Durbar Hall. Visit : Thursday to Tuesday from
1000 to 1300 and 1400 to 1700. It has the magnificent collection
of Chola bronzes with different interpretations of the same figure from
early to late chola dynasty.
Saraswati Mahal Library has 8,000 rare palm leaf and paper manuscripts in many languages.
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