Airavatesvara Temple

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Chola temple Dravidian-style temple Hindu temple UNESCO World Heritage Site medieval Indian temple

Airavatesvara Temple is a 12th-century Dravidian-style Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a masterpiece of Chola architecture and sculpture.

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Label Occurrences
Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram 4
Airavatesvara Temple canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chola temple ⓘ
Dravidian-style temple ⓘ
Hindu temple ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
medieval Indian temple ⓘ
architecturalStyle Great Living Chola Temples ⓘ
surface form: Chola architecture

Dravidian temple architecture ⓘ
surface form: Dravidian architecture
associatedWith Airavati ⓘ
surface form: Airavata

Indra ⓘ
builtBy Rajaraja II ⓘ
builtByDynasty Chola dynasty ⓘ
builtInCentury 12th century ⓘ
constructionPeriod reign of Rajaraja II ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance important Shaivite pilgrimage site ⓘ
masterpiece of Chola architecture ⓘ
dedicatedTo Shiva ⓘ
district Thanjavur district ⓘ
features bronze sculptures ⓘ
intricate stone carvings ⓘ
mandapa ⓘ
relief panels ⓘ
sculpted pillars ⓘ
stone chariot-like front mandapa ⓘ
vimana ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
protected monument of national importance in India ⓘ
knownFor architectural precision ⓘ
detailed narrative friezes ⓘ
fine Chola-period stone sculpture ⓘ
locatedIn Darasuram ⓘ
India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Thanjavur district ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
partOf Great Living Chola Temples ⓘ
primaryDeity Airavatesvara (form of Shiva) ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
sharesWorldHeritageListingWith Brihadeeswarar Temple ⓘ
surface form: Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur

Gangaikonda Cholapuram ⓘ
surface form: Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple
state Tamil Nadu ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Asia-Pacific ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSerialProperty Great Living Chola Temples ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, British India → hasLandmark → Airavatesvara Temple ⓘ
Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, British India → nearby → Airavatesvara Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram
Chola dynasty → majorTemple → Airavatesvara Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram
Great Living Chola Temples → mainTemple → Airavatesvara Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram
Chola Nadu → knownFor → Airavatesvara Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram