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Indra’s Ratha in Melakkadambur, a Chola Masterpiece

Figure 3. Shri Shiva Nataraja temple in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ratha Mandapa or chariot hall known as Nritta Sabha, facing North. From the North-West.

Granite.
Approximately 1100 CE, presumably built by Kulottunga I (1070-1125)
Photo by Raja Deekshithar, 11 February 2007.



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