Chola Nadu

E326581
cultural region historic region

Chola Nadu is a historic region in Tamil Nadu, India, that formed the heartland of the powerful Chola dynasty and is renowned for its rich cultural heritage and temple architecture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chola Nadu canonical 7
Chola country 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
associatedWith Shaivism ⓘ
surface form: Tamil Saivism

Vaishnavism ⓘ
capitalCityDuringCholaRule Tanjore ⓘ
surface form: Thanjavur
contains Chidambaram ⓘ
Darasuram ⓘ
Gangaikonda Cholapuram ⓘ
Kumbakonam ⓘ
Mannargudi ⓘ
Mayiladuthurai ⓘ
Nagapattinam ⓘ
Pattukkottai ⓘ
Sirkazhi ⓘ
Tanjore ⓘ
surface form: Thanjavur

Tiruvarur ⓘ
country India ⓘ
famousFor Bharatanatyam tradition ⓘ
Carnatic music heritage ⓘ
Kaveri delta agriculture ⓘ
bronze sculpture tradition ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
famousTempleTown Kumbakonam ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice processional temple chariots ⓘ
temple festivals ⓘ
hasImportantTemple Brihadeeswarar Temple ⓘ
surface form: Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur

Nataraja Temple ⓘ
surface form: Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram

Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam ⓘ
Sarangapani Temple, Kumbakonam ⓘ
Tiruvarur Thyagaraja Temple ⓘ
surface form: Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Great Living Chola Temples ⓘ
heartlandOf Chola dynasty ⓘ
historicalCapitalOf Chola dynasty ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence medieval period ⓘ
knownFor Airavatesvara Temple ⓘ
surface form: Airavatesvara Temple, Darasuram

Brihadeeswarar Temple ⓘ
surface form: Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur

Gangaikonda Cholapuram ⓘ
surface form: Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple

rich cultural heritage ⓘ
temple architecture ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
laterCapitalCityDuringCholaRule Gangaikonda Cholapuram ⓘ
locatedIn South India ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
majorDynasty Chola dynasty ⓘ
namedAfter Chola dynasty ⓘ
partOf Kaveri River Delta ⓘ
surface form: Cauvery Delta region

Tamilakam ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
traditionalRegionOf Kaveri River Delta ⓘ
surface form: Kaveri delta
traversedBy Kaveri ⓘ
surface form: Kaveri River

Referenced by (9)

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

Tiruchirappalli → historicalRegion → Chola Nadu ⓘ
Sambandar → birthRegion → Chola Nadu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chola country
Chidambaram → locatedIn → Chola Nadu ⓘ
Tiruchirappalli district → historicalRegion → Chola Nadu ⓘ
Tamilakam → hasSubregion → Chola Nadu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chola country
Tiruvarur → culturalRegion → Chola Nadu ⓘ
Chakrapani Temple → locatedInRegion → Chola Nadu ⓘ
Sarangapani Temple → region → Chola Nadu ⓘ
Mayiladuthurai → historicalRegion → Chola Nadu ⓘ