The Cholas were a powerful south Indian dynasty known for military conquests, grand temples and shaping global trade and culture.

And not for nothing is its monumental shrine to Brihadishwara called a Great Living Chola Temple. Built by Raja Raja Chola I in 1011 to commemorate the victory of the Chola dynasty, this ...

this temple is located in Thanjavur in southern Tamil Nadu state and was built by Raja Raja Chola I and completed in 1010 CE. The temple entered the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1987 and is ...

In its petition, the outfit stated that Airavatesvara Temple in Darasuram and Naganathaswamy Temple in Manambadi were built by Raja Raja Chola and his son Rajendra Chola, respectively ...

Also called the ‘Rajarajeswara temple’, it was built by Chola king Raja Raja I between 985-1012 AD. It is said the king received commands to build the temple in his dreams. The first temple to ...

The Brihadishvara temple, built in the 11th Century by King Rajaraja Chola, is a Unesco World Heritage ... He was called Raja-Raja, King of Kings, and he belonged to one of the most astonishing ...

Yet that year, on the other side of the globe, an emperor from southern India was preparing to build the world's most colossal temple ... Rajaraja Chola's successor, Rajendra, built alliances ...

The Brihadishvara temple, built in the 11th Century by King Rajaraja Chola, is a Unesco World Heritage site [Getty Images] ...