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A gopuram or gopura (Tamil: கோபுரம், Telugu: గోపురం, Kannada: ಗೋಪುರ, Malayalam: ഗോപുരം) is a monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the South Indian architecture of the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana ...
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The temple features a major gopuram (spire in Dravidian style). The avatars of Vishnu such as Narasimha, Vamana, Rama and Krishna are all featured his prominently. Bhakti movement's Alwar saints are also reverentially displayed.
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The major gopuram of the temple is seven-tiered and raises to a height of 36 m (118 ft). [15] The two main shrines of the temple are for Vanmikinathar and Thyagarajar. Of the two, the former is the most ancient and derives its name from tha anthill (putru), which takes the place of linga in the main shrine.
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The temple has a large colorful gopuram, with large mandapams elaborately decorated with frescoes, many shrines inside, salas originally added for dance and hymns singing, temple kitchen, an architecture that follows the Agamic texts and Shilpa Sastras, and a large temple tank to its north. Most of these were added in later centuries to the ...
View of the gopuram. According to the historian Nagaswamy, based on the inscriptions and the location of the temple, it is the oldest temple in Kanchipuram. [5] The earliest inscription is from 846 CE during the regime of Nandivarman III (846–869 CE). There is another account that the temple is developed further by Rajendra Chola I (1012 ...