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தஞ்சைப் பெரிய கோவில் - ஆயிரமாண்டு மர்மங்கள் நிறைந்த ஆலயம்!
The lush Tanjore city was the capital of Chola Emperors, before 1000 years. Among all the architectural wonders of the Cholas, the Tanjore Brihadeeswarar temple is their masterpiece. The temple was built by the great Raja Raja Chola, who was an avid devotee of Lord Shiva and arts and architecture of Dravidians.
Although many researches had been carried out to know the facts behind the temple construction, all of them went vain.
Brihadeeswara Temple (Peruvudaiyar Kovil) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Thanjavur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is also known as Periya Kovil, RajaRajeswara Temple and Rajarajeswaram. It is one of the largest temples in India and is an example of Dravidian architecture during the Chola period. Built by emperor Raja Raja Chola I and completed in 1010 AD, the temple turned 1000 years old in 2010. The temple is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the “Great Living Chola Temples”, with the other two being the Brihadeeswarar Temple, Gangaikonda Cholapuram and Airavatesvara temple.
Brihadeeswarar temple, also known as the Tanjore big temple expounds the number of alphabets in Tamil by the distance and height it is designed.
Tamil is a language that has totally 247 Tamil letters which are assorted as
Uyir Ezhuthu(Soul Letters) - 12
Mei Ezhuthu(Body Letters) - 18
Uyir-Mei Ezhuthu(Soul-Body Letters) - 216
Ayutha Ezhuthu - 1
The height of Gopuram is 216 feet = The number of letters in Uyir Mei Ezhuthu(216)
The height of Lord Shiva in the form of Lingam* inside the temple is 12 feet = The number of letters in Uyir Ezhuthu(12)
The height of Sivalinga peedam** is 18 feet = The number of letters in Mei Ezhuthu (18)
The distance between the Sivalingam and the Nandhi is 247 feet = The total number of Tamil letters present that includes Ayutha Ezhuthu(247)
