A Trip To Temple Town-tanjore

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    TANJORE or Thanjavur is a town situated in the state of Tamil Nadu in south India. It has a strong association with the history of Tamil Nadu. It was ruled by many great kings like Cholas, Nayakas and Marathas. This town is well known for his paddy production and it has a title as “” STORE HOUSE OF PADDY”” CHOLA NADU CHORUDAITTHU is an adage that can be found in Tamil Literature which highlights the quality of good hospitality. It is a sign of prosperity and assures that no one is deprived of food. Moreover it is a place of origin for art &culture. The biggest testimony stands in the form of a temple in Tanjore. It is a world heritage site. The big temple of Tanjore is named as Bruhadeesvarar Temple built by Raja Raja Chola.

    My Travel Experience with this place is filled with many memories of hot and sweating summer days. It all happened during the summer vacations, we hired a mini -van for all our family members to accommodate and started to travel towards Tanjore. It took about 7 hours to reach the place starting from Chennai. Though we started early in the morning, the time we reached the temple was noon, imagine without chappals in the big temple corridor, our feet turned red and all are jumping &hopping, finding place near the shades, unable to sit too because of the complete rock flooring. As we entered the main part of the temple, it was cool & We had the darshan of the lord, &happily forget about the sufferings, but again to get back to our vehicle, it has become too tough as the sun was getting too hot.

    Tanjore is a place that encouraged many poets &poetess to present their best in Tamil, Telugu, Sanskrit &Marathi. The great trinity of Carnatic music were patronised by the great kings of Tanjore. The king Karikaalachola built a dam across the river Cauvery is a famous tourist attraction as it is built with rocks and named as Kallanai. There are many saivites &vaishnavites shrines in &around Tanjore. Tanjore dolls, Tanjore Paintings &Tanjore plates are three major symbols of that place depicting its richness.

    There are many Universities &Libraries in Tanjore. One of the Maratha‘s mahal has now become a world famous Manuscripts library called Thanjavur saraswathi mahal. After all these visits &in between we all relished tender coconuts, raw mangoes, mangoes, cucumbers topped with red chilly powders, guavas, ice apples, ice creams, fruit juices &the special halwa made out of moong dal called Asoka –speciality of Thanjavur. Musical instruments like Veena, Thavil, Mrudangam &Kangira are finely crafted in this place. With loads of memories &shopping bags we got back to Chennai.
     
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    hahaha.... your trip to the Brihadeeshwaran Temple was a hop, skip and jump !! In Siva temples one is supposed to sit and rest a while before leaving; perhaps that is why people mostly go after sundown when it is cooler. OK to leave vaishnavaite temples without having to sit and take in the scenery.

    For western people (that temple is a UNESCO world heritage site) who come there, the hot sun, and the sculpted rock floors would be even more of a torture. A couple of years ago Theresa May (Prime Minister of UK) was in Bangalore, and went to a temple. And she was barefoot. However, Bangalore wasn't as hot that day.

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    thanks for the reply.
     
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    @Amulet
    It is the belief that if you carry even a speck of dust from a Siva Temple to your home, you will be completely routed. Sitting is supposed to submit to him, that you carry nothing from the temple, not even dust.
     
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    Wow! That is brave. Would not dare step out into the sun. Could never tolerate heat, though my tolerance levels were much higher then. Wonder whether it has anything to do with age or with the heat being more (global warming and all that!)
     
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    You may have noticed...or perhaps not...
    Ladies always swipe their bottoms with their arm, (usually to straighten out the folds in their saree, skirt, pant, kameeze, etc..) when they get off a seating posture, but men, almost never do that.
     
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    thank you all for reading my hip hop journey.
     
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    Nice write up. I always love the majestic Tanjore temple gopuram (tower).
    It has been a decade ago. There is a saying that the shadow of the tower never falls on the ground and it was built in such a nice way. Big Linga and big nandi both are evergreen in my mind.
     
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    True. Thanks for the reply.
     

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