Brihadeswara Temple - The Technological Marvel of Ancient India
Brihadeswara Temple
History of the temple
The Brihadeswara Temple is in tanjavur which is little downside from Chennai. it’s a UNESCO world heritage site it means across the world it is seen ass one of the most important there are many stories behind it.
The temple is a stands in a of 44 acres and the height of the temple is about 217 feet and it was built by Raja Raja Chola who ruled in the 11th century in tanjavur this temple was built for God Shiva and Raja Raja Chola saw it as the most important building that he ever constructed in his life today there are few other temples around it but in those days it was just these two gopurams or entrance ways and then the massive temple and a small temple for chandi keswara on the side there are many many important inscriptions in the temple on of the inscription incidentally is on how he got two different trading or merchant communities come together and donate bananas to make appams to the temple Ganesh
Engineering behind the structure
This was built at a time when there was no concrete no equipment, yet they move these massive chunks of granite which is the one of the hardest and denser stone which is about at least 100 kms away from temple site.
The one thing that is remarkable at the temple is there is no binding material used when the stones come together they had a male and female joints they would match each other using interlocking technique and that’s how the entire structure would stand and the entire tower inside is completely hollow so they had the ability to place blocks of granite stone at a very precise angle they put 8 stones on the top and it holds the entire structure tower together.
Interior of Temple
Inside the main tower there is beautiful 11th century murals and from these murals and from theseimage we can see how Raja Raja Chola look there’s another picture where they were preparing wedding feast. You should visit the temple and enjoy the beauty that Raja Raja Chola created in the 11th century.
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