The 216 feet high Vimana (tower )of the Big Brihadeshwara Temple seems to be touching the sky in Thanjavur in interior Tamil Nadu. Built in the 11th century, by Raja Raja Chola 1 of the Chola Dynasty , this temple is one of its kind in the world and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site called The Great Living Chola temples .
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Nice view. Very interesting.
Amazing structure in the foreground! I haven’t visited this temple yet!
beautiful composition and interesting information.
What an amazing building i love the bottom photo as well. Thanks for stopping over on my blog
What an amazing building i love the bottom photo as well. Thanks for stopping over on my blog
What an amazing building i love the bottom photo as well. Thanks for stopping over on my blog
What an amazing building i love the bottom photo as well. Thanks for stopping over on my blog
My eyes got to the building, and I forgot he sky. Never seen this is my live, ande never heard of it eather. So this was ineresting reading, thank you.
Happy weekend from Anne in Norway.
What a magnificent temple. Great pic and Thanks for sharing!
Cheers!
Regina In Pictures
i used to go there to sleep, on lazy saturday afternoons, when i was in college, which was very near the temple.
Magnificient temple architecture.
I’ve always wanted to go south and visit all the temples there.
Great shot of the temple structure with the clouded sky.
Have a great weekend.
Thank you for dropping by and your kind words Lakshmi.
This is a lovely towering temple against the sky. Welcome to the skywatching group.
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i have been to kumbakonam but not to thanjavur…Ha one more place to see 🙂
I love the temple, great picture.
Breathtaking. It is wonderful to travel the world via the blogging community.
Be well
That’s a great site must visit ones. To me this temple is a wonder man made in history, and amazing the story said behind its construction! Nice shot.
Really beautiful – the carvings are amazing and the sky looks like rain. Very nice “composition” with the diagonal line dividing the temple and sky. and then that one little bird. Great SWF! And thanks for your visit to mine.
I have never, in my life, seen anything like it. What an amazing capture of this very interesting, Vimana. Such amazing structure! Thanks so much for enlightening me.
..what type of bird? i wonder
great show. Most beautiful pic I have come across so far
Man and nature,
a powerful encounter!
What an imposing structure. Nice capture!
Thank you for stopping at my SW. It led me to your interesting pictures and stories of a different world. Have a nice weekend and happy travelling.
That is a really nice capture of the tower into the sky.
Wow that’s a wonderful structure and sky
Beautiful and majestic Temple!
It is really massive with intricate carvings. Great damage was reported during the restoration work being carried out. Thanks.
Beautiful!
Wonderful !!!
Hi,
I did not understand what Skywatch is and why you linked your blog to skywatch. can you help?