The temple is open daily. The sanctum sanctorum opens only during Pooja times. Please check with temple pooja timings.

By Air:The nearest airport is at Tiruchirappalli. Thanjavur is 55kms east of Tiruchirappalli. Next closest airport is at Madurai. It's about 200 Kms by road.

The Nearest International Airport is Chennai airport. Thanjavur is around 320 Kms south of Chennai by road.

By Road: Thanjavur is well connected with all the major cities and towns of Tamilnadu including Chennai, Kumbakonam, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Pondicherry, Coimbatore and Madurai. And also it is connected with Kochi, Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Mysore and Bangalore.

By Train: There is a Southern Railway junction in Thanjavur. It's well connected with Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Chennai, Coimbatore, Mysore, Rameswaram, Kumbakonam, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam. Please check the time table of southern railway.

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The Brahadeewarar temple

The Brahadeewarar temple, called the Big Temple, is dedicated to Lord Siva. It was built by the great Chola King Raja Raja 1 (985 -1012 A.D). it is an outstanding exmple of Chola architecture. Recognizing its unique architectural excellence, UNESCO has declared it a World Heritage Monument.
The 64. 8 Mt. tall vimanam (tower over the sanctum sanctorum) is testimony to the engineering skill of the Cholas. In keeping with the size of the temple, it has gigantic “Mahalingam” in the shrine, measuring 4 meters in height. A monolithic Nandhi chiseled out of a single rock, measures 5. 94 meters in length, 2.51 metres in breadth and 3.66 meters in height. it is the second largest Nandhi in India. The Nandhi or bull is the vehicle of Lord Siva. Beautiful Chola fresco paintings adorn the inner walls of the Temple. One of the outstanding temples in South India, the Brahadeeshwarar temple is the Chola dynast’s finest contribution to Dravidian temple architecture. What makes the construction so unique is the variation from the usual temple building style of having a tall gopuram and smaller vimanam. At the Big Temple the vimanam asoars high while the gopuram is smaller. The 64. 8m tall, 14 tier pyramid shaped vimanam raised from a square base is topped by a huge monolithic cupola carved from an 81.3 tonne block of granite. It was raised with the aid of a 6 km long inclined plane. (ph.274476).

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Shimla Photos

Shimla Photo Gallery

Shimla is a beautiful place and what better way to capture its beauty than in the form of Shimla photographs. This place is a photographer's delight and it is a pleasure to freeze the beauty of this place in the frame of your camera. Along with the natural beauty of this place, what truly mesmerizes a visitor is the fact that though the place is commercialized, yet it beautifully merges with the natural beauty of the place. In this section, which has been named Shimla photo gallery, we shall present a collection of some mesmerizing Shimla photos that is sure to bowl you over. So take a look at some pictures of Shimla.

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The Nadhaswaram is the traditional Dravidan musical instrument. Injikudi E.M.Subramaniam hails from the family of traditional nadhaswara vidwan's. He was born at Injikudi, a small village in the Tiruvarur District of Tamilnadu in the year 1968. He is the twentieth generation nadhaswara artist from the known records. The distinct Injikudi style of performance is embedded in his genes.

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