In south of India, in a wonderful sanctuary town of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur, stands a 10 centuries old powerful sanctuary! The few odd realities related with this Enormous sanctuary - Brihadeeswarar Sanctuary - has kept history specialists and researchers bewildered even today!
The lavish Tanjore city was the capital of Chola Sovereigns, before 1000 years. Among every one of the engineering miracles of the Cholas, the Tanjore Brihadeeswarar sanctuary is their show-stopper. The sanctuary was worked by the incomparable Raja Chola, who was an ardent enthusiast of Master Shiva and expressions and design of Dravidians.
Albeit many investigates had been done to know current realities behind the sanctuary development, every one of them went vain.
Underground sections:
With in excess of hundred underground sections, prompting different spots, the Tanjore sanctuary remains as a praiseworthy image of a capital of the Chola line. These mysterious entries clear a path to the ruler's castle, different sanctuaries, significant spots close to Tanjore and numerous different locales. The most secretive about these passages is a few ways lead to perilous spots and since the guide of the passage is obscure, every one of them are fixed. The students of history consider it as a security trap of Raja Chola.
Cap stone:
The top most piece of the Raja Gopuram of Brihadeeswarar sanctuary is a solitary stone, weighing 80 tons. Indeed, even now the procedure, which was utilized by the Cholans, to pull the mass stone towards the pinnacle of the gopuram is obscure on the grounds that the sanctuary was assembled when the machines like cranes, rope vehicles and elevators were not accessible.
No Shadow:
One more structural wonder of the Raja Gopuram is, the shadow of the pinnacle doesn't fall on the ground. The mathematical development is great and it was made 1000s of years prior with wonderful equilibrium, which endures regular and political peculiarity.
216 feet Vimana
The essential pinnacle has an empty shape and the stones are interlocked with no limiting material, while they stand capably in their weight. Another supernatural occurrence is the 216 ft empty pinnacle, with next to no limiting material, has an optimal harmony and equilibrium, regardless of the multitude of cataclysmic events in 1000 years.
Steps on the top
Further, there is a little flight of stairs over the essential god that prompts the upper piece of the pinnacle. Assuming mantra OM is recounted inside the empty region, the heavenly vibration makes an undying encounter.
Rock stones
Tanjore is a ripe red soil region, where there is no hint of rock stones, yet the sanctuary had been totally worked with the most grounded rocks on the planet. The transportation utilized by the antiquated Cholas is as yet unclear. In addition, the figure plans and openings on the stones are so complicated to make with copper or iron etches, which were utilized during those periods.
Tanjore artworks
The very top notch compositions in the Tanjore enormous sanctuary expressly demonstrate the imaginative greatness of the Chola realm in the Raja Chola period. The shades of the compositions are still brilliant and solid, even following 1000 years.
Secretive Nandhi
The Nandhi sculpture, designed during the Raja Cholan period, continued to fill in the size. It very well may be even a result of the extraordinary weather pattern and to control its development, it was kept aside and nailed to the grounds. In any case, the ongoing sculpture before Master Shiva is a solitary stone sculpture and was gifted by the Maratha rulers in the seventeenth 19thcentury.
Best Opportunity to Visit Brihadeeswarar Sanctuary
Best opportunity to visit this sanctuary would be early mornings. It is exceptionally quiet and the newness of the day combined with blessed reciting and crashing sanctuary chimes makes a heavenly encounter. Assuming you are good with swarms there are a few fantastic celebrations that occur inside the sanctuary complex.
Keep away from mid year months: Walk to June when it is extremely hot and dry.
