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Practical Information
Thanjavur. W of bus stand
Tel (04362) 274 476.
Open daily. For permission to visit
inner chambers of the sanctum
and the top floors, contact the
temple, or Thanjavur tourist office.
Archaeological Museum:
Open daily. =
Atmospheric Temple Courtyard
The Brihadishvara Temple stands in
the middle of a rectangular court,
surrounded by subsidiary shrines. On
the southern side of the courtyard is an . Nandi Mandapa
Archaeological Museum, which displays, Carved out of a single block
among other things, photographs of of granite weighing 25
the temple before restoration. tonnes, this huge Nandi
figure is 6 m (20 ft) long, and
faces the inner sanctum.
Priests Outside
the Temple
Although under the
jurisdiction of the
Archaeological Survey
of India, the temple
is open for worship.
Nandi Mandapa Shiva-Parvati
Granite divinities occupy the wall
niches of the sanctum.
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