Entrance, or ‘Gopuram’, to the Brihadeshwara temple at Tanjore in Tamil Nadu, India, with guards, or Dvarapalas, depicted on either side

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The temple was completed in 1010 by the Chola king Rajaraja and most of the site dates from that time

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Size: 5118px × 3412px
Location: Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India
Photo credit: © pjhpix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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