The Kanchi Kailasanathar temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Oldest Hindu Shiva temple in Dravidian architectural style. Built from 685-705 AD
The kanchi Kailasanathar temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Oldest Hindu Shiva temple in the Dravidian architectural style. Built from 685-705 AD by a Rajasimha (Narasimhavarman II) ruler of the Pallava Dynasty. The sandstone compound contains a large number of carvings including many half-animal deities which were popular during the early Dravidian architectural period. The structure contains 58 small shrines which are dedicated to various forms of Shiva built into niches on the inner face of the high compound wall of the circumambulatory passage.
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