Question

Brihadeeswarar Temple is the greatest architectural monument of the _______ period which is in Thanjavur.
1. Pratihara
2. Chola
3. Rashtrakuta
4. Pandya

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Chola

The correct answer is Chola.

• Brihadeeswarar Temple is the greatest architectural monument of the Chola period which is in Thanjavur.
• Rajaraja Chola, who commissioned the temple, called it Rajarajeshwaram (Rajarajeswaram), literally "the temple of the almighty of Rajaraja".
• A later inscription in the Brihannayaki shrine calls the temple's deity Periya Udaiya Nayanar, which appears to be the source of the modern names Brihadisvara and Peruvudaiyar Kovil.

• Brihadeeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located on the south bank of the Cauvery river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
• It is one of the largest Hindu temples and an exemplary example of fully realized Tamil architecture.
• It is called Dakshina Meru.
• Built by Tamil king Raja Raja Chola I between 1003 and 1010 AD, the temple is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Great Living Chola Temples", along with the Chola dynasty era Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple and Airavatesvara temple that is about 70 kilometres and 40 kilometres to its northeast respectively.