* The Brihadeeswarar Temple of India is completed in 1010 during the reign of Rajaraja Chola I.

* Construction begins on the Brihadeeswarar Temple of India, during the reign of Rajaraja Chola I

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The Brihadeeswarar Temple.

# REDIRECT Brihadeeswarar Temple

The form began rather modestly in the 10th century, as at Shore Temple, Mahabalipuram, with the 11th century Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur marking a crucial step forward with two multi-storey gopurams from that period, much larger than any earlier ones, though much smaller than the main le, Chidambaram

Santi Kuttan Tiruvalan Tirumud Kunran alias Vijaya Rajendra Acharyan, an actor was in charge of the troupe that were responsible for enacting the Rajarajeswara Natakam ( a musical ), in the Brihadeeswarar Temple, Thanjavur.

* The construction of Brihadeeswarar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, starts.

* The construction of Brihadeeswarar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, ends.

* Rajaraja I and His Teacher, detail of a wall painting in the Brihadeeswarar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, is made.

The Brihadeeswarar temple at Thanjavur is one of the largest monolithic temple complexes in the world-a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Rainwater from the Brihadeeswarar temple was collected in Sivaganga tank.

The later Chola paintings were discovered in 1931 within the circumambulatory passage of the Brihadisvara Temple in India and are the first Chola specimens discovered.

The period of known history of the region begins with the Iron age ( 1200 BC to 24 BC ) period during which Chera, Chola, Pandya ruled the South Indian country until 14th century A. D. Inscriptions on Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple shows that once Pandyan kingdom ruled from Himalayas in North to Kanyakumari in the South.

This recalls the famous episode of Kulothunga Chola II ( 1133 – 1150 ) throwing out the image of Govinda Raja from the Nataraja Temple at Chitambaram.

To commemorate this celebrated victory, Rajendra assumed the title of Gangaikonda Cholan, " Irattapadi-konda Cholan ", " Mannai-kondan " ( the king who possessed Irattapadi ( erstwhile land of the Rashtrakutas usurped by the Salukkis ( Chalukyas ) and the king who possessed ( the Chalukyan capital ) Manyakheta ( Mannaikadakkam in Chola annals ) and had the Siva Temple Gangakkondacholeswaram built (***).

The Chola fresco paintings were discovered in 1931 within the circumambulatory passage of the Brihadisvara Temple in India and are the first Chola specimens discovered.

* Sri Madduramma Temple in Huskur, built by the Chola kings

This war is extensively described in the inscriptions of Rajendra Chola I at the Raja Rajesvara Temple, Thanjavur.

The above episode in detail has been mentioned in the inscriptions of Rajendra Chola I and his son Rajadhiraja at the Big Temple, Thanjavur (***).

Despite founding the new Chola capital of Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Rajendra I was unfailing in according respect to his predecessor's achievements, especially those of his illustrious father Raja Raja I by placing inscriptions of his achievements only at the Big Temple in Thanjavur and not at Gangaikonda Cholapuram.

This practice was kept up by the succeeding Chola kings, with all of them getting coronated at Gangaikonda Cholapuram and the neighbouring ceremonial site of Mudigonda Sozhapuram or Ayirattali but placing inscriptions only at the Big Temple in Thanjavur.

Dhandeeswaram Temple in Velachery is a historical site of note, which has inscriptions believed to be made by a great king from the Chola Dynasty in the 11th century.

In the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram, a rare image of the Chola period, in black basalt, depicts Shiva as Sharabha.

: The publisher of this book states, " The standard Jewish view is that prophecy ended with the ancient prophets, somewhere early in the Second Temple era.

: All of the people Israel will come back to Torah ; The people of Israel will be gathered back to the land of Israel ; The Temple in Jerusalem will be rebuilt ; Israel will live among the nations as an equal, and will be strong enough to defend herself ; Eventually, war, hatred and famine will end, and an era of peace and prosperity will come upon the Earth.

The top actors of the era are now thought of as the classic film stars, such as Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Greta Garbo, and the greatest box office draw of the 1930s, child performer Shirley Temple.

Medieval architectural masterpieces the Great South Gate in Todaiji, Japan, and the Tien-ning Temple in Peking, China are some of the surviving constructs from this era.

However, excavations of Jerusalem have shown a distinct lack of monumental architecture from the era, and remains of neither the Temple nor Solomon's palace have been found.

In the modern era, adherents of Orthodox Judaism practice Torah reading according to a set procedure they believe has remained unchanged in the two thousand years since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem ( 70 CE ).

Large and small temples built during this era remain as examples of the Hoysala architectural style, including the Chennakesava Temple at Belur, the Hoysaleswara Temple at Halebidu, and the Kesava Temple at Somanathapura.

The area from South Temple North to 6th Avenue is a Historical District that is nearly entirely residential, and contains many historical Victorian era homes.

Several stairways rise to the upper platform from the lower ; that at the northwest corner is believed by some archaeologists be part of a much wider monumental staircase, mostly hidden or destroyed, and dating from the Second Temple era.

Some religious Jews, following a rabbinic dictum, feel that the Temple should only be rebuilt in the messianic era, and that it would be presumptuous of people to force God's hand.

The Mishnah explained how the Jews of the Second Temple era interpreted the requirement of that the king read the Torah to the people.

37-71 ), a Second Temple Jewish text probably composed around the turn of the era.

Although the Hasmoneans were heroes for resisting the Seleucids, their reign lacked the legitimacy conferred by descent from the Davidic dynasty of the First Temple era.

During the Second Temple era, when Jews were divided into sects, the Pharisees were one sect among many, and partisan.

Its earliest example is however found not in the written texts, but in the Jewish Oral Tradition dated to the Second Temple era ( 515 BCE – 70 CE ) that later became the Talmud.

The Sin Temple in Khafajah is typical of a this era, it was designed around a series of courtyards leading to a cella.

During this era, Uruk was divided into five main districts: the Adad Temple, Royal Orchard, Ištar Gate, Lugalirra Temple, and Šamaš Gate districts.

The Temple of Monthu at Medamud was probably begun during the Old Kingdom era.

In a later, even more turbulent era, a common coin type of Probus shows him in the radiate solar crown of the Dominate: the reverse offers Rome's Temple of Venus and dea Roma.

: Schism within Judaism during the Second Temple era.

Although these texts were written long after these periods, many scholars believe that they are a fairly reliable account of history during the Second Temple era.