This Siva temple was constructed during the time of Rajendra Chola I (1012-1044 AD). It is entirely possible that the Vishnu temple is also of this time. Main deity ...

Numerous donative inscriptions have been found in this temple, many of them belonging to the Chola era. An epigraph of ...

It is home to a temple for Vishnu worshipped here as Adikesava Perumal. Although this temple is old, it had been in a state of neglect for some time, and has now been renovated.

It was while working on south Indian temples in the early 1980s that Liesbeth Pankaja Bennink found a document on ancient Chola temples by Gerda Hoekveld-Meijer as part of her doctorate thesis at ...

Chennai: The Kolli Hills in Namakkal district in the state, an emerging popular hill resort and a haven for eco tourists, has a hidden treasure. An ancient temple in this mountain range has ...

Tribhuvanai, a small town approximately 23 km from Puducherry on the Villupuram road, is home to a Chola temple that dates back to the reign of Parantaka I (907-955 A.D.), the great-grandfather of ...

But as a Vishnu temple that enshrines Varatharaja Perumal exists nearby, the epigraphists with the help of priest Gopalakrishna Madhavan studied the temple. A huge Chola-era stone idol of Lord ...

There is a beauty in crumbling ruins, in mammoth temples, in majestic forts, in towering monasteries, in deep step wells, in quaint churches and ancient mosques.

The two little known Chola temples in Somangalam, one for Vishnu and the other for Siva and the Tamil inscriptions found on their walls bear testimony to this suburb’s connections with the Cholas.

The Sthala Puranam of this temple states that a childless king named Nanda Chola prayed to God Vishnu for progeny. Vishnu blessed the king that Lakshmi, His consort, would be born to him and at ...