It is part of the UNESCO heritage site of Great Living Chola Temples, along with the Brihadeshwara Temple at Thanjavur and the Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram. The temple at Thanjavur was included in ...

Brihadeshwara temple is also known as Rajarajeshwaram, Peruvudaiyar Kovil, Thanjai Periya Kovil, or simply Big Temple, for it remains today one of the biggest temples in south India. Gopuram or ...

Dedicated to Lord Shiva, the Brihadeshwara Temple is built in classic Chola architecture. ... It has 14 gopurams, which are monumental entrance towers. The tallest one is in the southern tower.

If there is a beauty contest for temples, the Brihadeshwara temple in Tanjavur will win it hands down. Brihadeshwara temple in Tanjavur is a perfect blend of what is termed as 'beauty with brains ...

The temple has a huge statue of Nandi (sacred bull) at the entrance. The statue is carved out of a single rock and weighs around 20 tons. The Lingam inside the temple is 3.7 meters tall.