Did you know that for centuries people prayed at the magnificent Brihadisvara temple in Thanjavur without knowing who built it or even what its real name was? Ironically, all that information was hidden in plain sight – on the temple walls, which are filled with inscriptions! But no one could read that script! Until…

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1. Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur
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2. Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur
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3. Photograph of Eugen Hultzsch
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4. South-Indian Inscriptions by By E. Hultzsch
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5. Rai Bahadur V Venkayya images
Courtesy: Smt. Sunitha Madhavan

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