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Great Living Chola Temples
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Great Living Chola Temples

பெருமைமிகு வாழும் சோழர் கோவில்கள்

Thanjavur, Darasuram and Gangaikonda Cholapuram: the three UNESCO Chola temples in three days, with Kumbakonam as base.

Duration
3 days · 2 nights
Start → end
Thanjavur → Tiruchirappalli
Pace
Moderate pace
Best season
November to February; mornings and late afternoons are best for photographs
Three temples built by the Chola kings between the early 11th and the 12th century are inscribed together by UNESCO as the Great Living Chola Temples, and all three are still places of worship: the Brihadeeswarar at Thanjavur (Rajaraja I), the temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram (his son Rajendra I) and the Airavatesvara at Darasuram (Rajaraja II). Start at sunrise under the Thanjavur vimana, base yourself in Kumbakonam, walk Darasuram's sculpted mandapa with a guide and the bronze-casting town of Swamimalai, and end at Rajendra's capital. Visiting all three inks the Great Living Chola Temples trail in your Heritage Passport.

நாள்வாரியாக

Day by day

About 189 km of travel in all

  1. Day 1

    Sunrise at the Big Temple

    ☾ Overnight: Kumbakonam

  2. Day 2

    Darasuram and Swamimalai

    ☾ Overnight: Kumbakonam

  3. Day 3

    Rajendra's capital

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Map of stops

Approximate positions; the dotted line follows the order of the stops, not the roads.

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