Wednesday, March 5, 2008
" Where adoration sublimes ! "
"A land of temples", as Tamil Nadu is better known enchants divinity. There are more than 30,000 temples in Tamil Nadu. The temples were constructed by various dynasties. Tamil Nadu is the home of the legacy of ancient Dravidian art and culture, characterised best by deliberately ornate temples with their towers known as gopurams which aspire to touch the heaven.
These temples bear a superficial architectural resemblance with each other in that they share the similar physical features,which include the gopuram or the imposing tower over the entrance, from all four directions the vimanam which is the tower over the sanctum and the spacious halls and corridors. The temples were also much more than a place of worship. They were a place for social gathering, for education, for celebration.
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