Marvel Stone in Thanjai Temple

This is big temple since 1000 years in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India was built. Rajaraja I, king of the Chola Empire, wanted to build a grand formation in his capital. Thanjavur had no granite quarry around. This did not deter him. His men toiled and brought as much as 50,000 metre cube of stones from places as far as 45 km. After long years (historians still debate whether it took 10 or 30 years),....

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