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Entrance way with meadow at sunset view of the ancient Brihadisvara Temple in Gangaikonda Cholapuram, india. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Beautiful statues on the ornamental stone wall of the ancient Brihadisvara Temple in the gangaikonda cholapuram, india. Royalty Free Stock Photo

An inner view in the ancient Brihadisvara Temple in the gangaikonda cholapuram, india. Royalty Free Stock Photo

The long view of the ancient Brihadisvara Temple facade in Gangaikonda Cholapuram, india. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Surround way of the ancient Brihadisvara Temple in the gangaikonda cholapuram, india. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Gangai Konda Cholapuram Temple one of great Chola temples. Tamil Nadu, India Royalty Free Stock Photo

Big battlement of the ancient Brihadisvara Temple in Gangaikonda Cholapuram, india.

Beautiful stone wall of the ancient Brihadisvara Temple in the gangaikonda cholapuram, india. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Battlement and ruins of the ancient Brihadisvara Temple wall in Gangaikonda Cholapuram, india. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Gangai Konda Cholapuram Temple. Tamil Nadu, India Royalty Free Stock Photo

Big unfinished and ruined facade with garden of the ancient Brihadisvara Temple in Gangaikonda Cholapuram, india. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Big unfinished and ruined facade of the ancient Brihadisvara Temple in Gangaikonda Cholapuram, india. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Very nice sculpture on the stone wall in the ancient Brihadisvara Temple in the gangaikonda cholapuram, india. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Ancient temple Gangaikonda Cholapuram-UNESCO World Heritage centre known as the `Great Living Chola Temples. Gangaikonda Cholapuram is a town located in Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu, India. It became the capital of the Chola dynasty in c. 1025 during the reign of Rajendra Chola I, and served as the Chola capital for around 250 years. The great temple of Brihadeeswarar Temple at this place is next only to the Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur in its monumental nature and surpasses it in sculptural quality.