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Sri Lanka is an island paradise that would inspire anyone and everyone should visit it. He ruled a large and victorious empire and he wanted a temple that could be worthy of his empire. You can reach this Temple through the trains or the buses. In 2020, the consecration of this Thanjai Periya Kovil (Thanjai Big Temple) took place. While visiting Ceylon (today called Sri Lanka) he was inspired to build a temple that would honor his reign. The consecration is a big event performed in each temple in Tamil Nadu. Raja Raja Chola was a Chola emperor who ruled over ancient Tamil Nadu as well as parts of what is today Sri Lanka and Malaya from 985 to 1014. These magnificent temples are only 43 miles or 70 km and 25 miles or 40 km away respectively so see all of them while there! Still, everyone should visit Cambodia's impressive Angkor Wat! Background Of the Brihadisvara Temple The Brihadisvara Temple is one of the three "Great Living Chola Temples" that includes the Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple and the Airavastesvara temple. But venture south into Tamil Nadu in southern India and one will come across UNESCO Listed temples that beggar belief. While when most folks think of India and structures they think of the Taj Mahal (a mausoleum not a temple). Architectural history is incomplete without the studu of the very famous and the very big Tanjore Brihadeeswara Temple. Everyone has heard of famous temples around the world like Angkor Wat.