TIRUPATI: A 1,000-year-old Kalabhairava Temple and a 500-year-old gopuram at Ramagiri village in Pichatur mandal of Tirupati ...

Chola inscriptions in this temple mention that approximately one ... The Vedapurishwarar temple faces east with a modern five-tier gopuram at the entrance. The outer prakaram (enclosure) has ...

The Great Living Chola Temples were built by kings of the Chola Empire, which stretched over all of south India and the neighbouring islands. The site includes three great 11th- and 12th-century ...

Temple inscriptions also mention the contributions of Rajaditya Chola, Rajaraja Chola and Kulothunga ... It was during the same period that the ‘Raja Gopuram’ (the 120 feet tower at the ...

This east-facing temple, sans gopuram, is entered through a doorway ... One of them belongs to the reign of Rajendra Chola I and is dated 1015-1016 CE. It records the name of this Emperor as ...

temple architect and sculpture researcher. C Santhalingam, Pandya Nadu Centre for Historical Research secretary, who deciphered the inscription, said finding Rajaraja Chola’s record in Pandya ...