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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 weight of 292.5 Kalanju
or nearly 35 lbs.. |
This place is located 34 kilometres away form Thanjavur. There
is a temple in this place. The temple is dedicated to Lord
Shiva. The temple was built during the rule of the great Rajendra
Cholan. Apart form this temple we can find a silk weaving
centre in Darasuram.
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The Sarabeshwarar temple is located in Thirupuvanam a place
in Thanjavur district. Thirupuvanam is just six Kilometres
from Kumbakonam. The Sarabeshwarar temple is said to be built
by Kulothunga Chola III. It is said that many kings, lords
and rulers worshipped the preceding Deity, Lord Sarabeshwarar
and received his blessings. People who worshipped this deity
got relieved from problems like Black Magic, Divorce and Enemity.
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PULIYUR VYAGRAPUREESWARAR TEMPLE |
This temple is located more than half a kilometre on the Nagapattinam-
Thiruvarur Main road. The exact location is Ramamirdam Bus
Terminus. The temple is located in Vyagapuri village, named
after Lord Nataraja. People believe that a sacred cow prayed
to Lord Shiva to get rid of the wrath posed on it. In the
evenings Lord Nataraja is worshipped first and then ceremonies
are conducted to other Gods. This temple has another name,
Dakshina Chidambaram. Chidambaram is the place where Nataraja
temple is located. |
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PUNNAI NALLUR MARIAMMAN TEMPLE |
This temple is located at a distance of 4 kilometres away from
the Thanjavur town. |
There are totally six abodes in Tamilnadu dedicated to Lord
Muruga. Swamimalai is one among those six sacred abodes. The
temple is located on a hill top which is 32 kilometres away
from Thanjavur. Lord Muruga was named Swami Nathan because
he taught OM to Lord Shiva in this abode. One has to climb
60 steps from the foot hill to reach the temple and these
60 steps of the temple refer to the 60 years in the Tamil
Calendar. Arunagirinadhar has sung many songs in praise of
this temple. On Thursdays Lord Swami Nathan’s statue
is decorated with diamonds.
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The Thirubhuvanam temple is 45 kilometres away from Thanjavur.
The temple was built during the reign of king Kulothunga Cholan.
This temple is a replica of the one that is in Thanjavur,
The Pragatheeswarar temple. The temple has got a great stone
tomb which is a standing monument from the pedestal to the
stripe. This is of architectural glory. The temple is full
of stone inscriptions. This depicts that there existed a University
for teaching courses in Miasma and Tamil. |
This is a town, 13 kilometres form Thanjavur. This is the
place where Saint Thyagaraja was born, grew, gained popularity
and died. The name of the temple located here is Panchatheswara
Temple which is dedicated to Lord Shiva. An eight day music
festival is conducted once in a year during the month of January.
This music festival is held in honour of the great Legendary
Saint Thyagaraja. |
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