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Indra’s Ratha in Melakkadambur, a Chola Masterpiece

Figure 17. Shri Shiva Nataraja temple in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India.
The East gopura of temple gateway, inner façade, North side.
Pañjara with goddess Bhavani, a form of Durga.

Granite.
Approximately 1200 CE.
Photo by Raja Deekshithar, 28 June 2009.



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