List of Solesvara temples
Appearance
Chola Empire சோழர் குலம் | |||||||||
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300s BCE–1279 | |||||||||
![]() Chola's empire and influence at the height of its power (c. 1050) | |||||||||
Capital | Early Cholas: Poompuhar, Urayur, Medieval Cholas: Pazhaiyaarai, Thanjavur Gangaikonda Cholapuram | ||||||||
Common languages | Tamil | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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• Established | 300s BCE | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1279 | ||||||||
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Chola Kings and Emperors |
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Interregnum (c. 200 – c. 848 CE) |
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The Choleswarar temples were in constructed by the honorable Chola kings, who were Believers of the True God Siva (Shiva).
Place | Name | Built By | Built in honor of | Year Built | Misc | |
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Aragalur | Cholesvara | (Thayinum nalla chozhiswaram?) | ||||
Sengalipuram | Nistulaambikaa | in Tiruvarur District | ||||
Mannargudi | Choleswarar | in Pattakara St, Mannargudi, Tiruvarur District. (Chitragupta having separate Sannithi) | ||||
Tippirajapuram | Vikrama Choleswarar | near Kumbakonam | ||||
Gangaikonda Cholapuram | Gangaikonda-Choleswarar | Rajendra Chola I | ||||
Mallasamudram | Choleswarar | Mallasamudram | ||||
Bhatkal | Choleswarar | |||||
Sangramanallur | Choleswarar | (Kolumam), UdumalaipettaiIndia | ||||
Periyakottai | Choleswarar | Palani birds | ||||
Narttamalai | Choleswarar | Vijayalaya | simple eshtyle | |||
Thanjavur | Brihadisvara Temple | Rajaraja Chola I | It was named as Rajarajesvaram/Peruvudaiyar kovil | |||
Arrur | Arinjisvara | Rajaraja Chola I | Arinjaya Chola | near Melpadi, Vellore tomb shrine for grandfather | ||
Tiruchirapalli | Vijaya Choleswara | Vijayalaya Chola | ||||
Begur | Panchalingeswarar | (Panchalingas - Nageswara, Kaleswara, Naga- reswara, Karneswara and Choleswara.) | ||||
Aranthangi | Rajendra Choleswara | Rajendra Chola | ||||
Sholinghur | Choleswarar | Natural lingam | ||||
Bhatkal | Choleswara | Khetapayya Narayana, Joshi Shankarnarayana | ||||
Kalandai | Adityesvara | Aditya I | ||||
Ponnamaravathi | Rajendracholisvara | Pudukkottai District | ||||
Tirappur | Choleswaram Udaiyar | Pudukkottai District | ||||
Motupalle | Chola | Andhra Pradesh | ||||
Tholudur | Maduranthaka | Cuddalore district, Uththama Chola | ||||
Karnataka | Cholachgudi old | |||||
Samathur | Chozheeswarar Alayam |
Other Shiva temples built by Chola:
- Sundaresvara temple at Tirukattalai (Aditya I)
- Komganatha temple at Srinivasanallur (Parantaka I)
- Airavateswara temple at Darasuram (Rajaraja Chola II)
- Kamaparharesvara temple at Tirubuvanam (Kulothunga Chola III)
- Choleeswaram temple at Kantalai (Raja Raja Chola I)
Similar to Solesvara, there are number of temples in praise of the Pandiya kings and they are called Pandisvara.