NDLI: On the North and West Walls - Upper Tier: No. 01 (Elevation)

Content Provider	IGNCA - Brihadiswara Temple
Description	This inscription consists of nine sections engraved on the north wall and four sections on the west wall of the central shrine. It opens with a Sanskrit Sloka, according to which it is an edict of Rajaraja, (alias) Rajakesarivarman. The remainder of the inscription, like all the other Tanjavur inscriptions, is written in Tamil. On the 20th day of the 26th year of his reign, Ko-Rajakesarivarman, alias Rajarajadeva, issued orders, that the gifts made by himself, those made by his elder sister (viz., Kundavaiyar), those made by his wives, and those made by other donors should be engraved on the stone walls of the temple. A second important fact is that the Tanjavur temple had been built by Rajarajadeva himself, and that it was called after him Rajarajesvara, i.e., the Isvara (temple) of Rajaraja. It also contains a list of gold images, vessels and ornaments, which the King himself presented to the temple of Rajarajesvara and to the image of Daksina-Meru-Vitankar. Part of the gifts which the King made between his 23rd and 29th year were taken from the treasures, which he sized after having defeated the Chera King and the Pandyas in Malainadu. A number of gold trumpets were presented to the temple, after he had assumed the titles of Sivapadasekhara, 'the devotee of Siva, and of Rajaraja, 'the King of Kings'. A number of gold flowers were also presented after he had returned from the conquest of Satyashraya. Each of the gifts is stated to have been weighed by 'the stone called after Adavallan.' This was evidently a standard weight for gold, made of stone and preserved at the shrine of the God Adavallan, who was also called Daksina-Meru-Vitankar (Nataraja image).
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Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Dravidian Architecture Rajarajeswaram Chola Dynasty Shaivism Shaktism Great Living Chola Temples Iconography Vaishnavism Chola Emperor Rajaraja UNESCO World Heritage Site Tamil Architecture Tamizhism
Content Type	Image
Resource Type	Photograph

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