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Kailasanatha Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
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King Rajasimha, of the Pallava dynasty, built this Shiva temple in the early 8th century. It is an early structural temple, built of sandstone, and partly renovated in recent times.
Kailasanatha
contains many of the features of the rapidly emerging South Indian style: gopuras, plastered walls, a pyramidal shikhara, and a perimeter wall enclosing the complex. Kailasanatha temple is the best structural construction of the Pallava ruler Rajasimha. Mainy Shiva images adorn the outer walls. It is four storied and is an example of sandharaprasada containing two walls providing an ambulatory. The stories are decorated in architectural designs like kutas, kostas and panjaras. The pillars in structural temples are rampant with lions, elephants, nagas and bhulas.
Kanchipuram is a city and a municipality in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a temple town and the headquarters of Kanchipuram district. In ancient times it was called Kachi and Kachiampathi. Kanchipuram is situated on the Palar River, and known for its temples and silk sarees, which are woven manually.
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