The main ritual will involve the pouring of holy water from copper pots onto the temple gopuram, the towers, and the temple deities. “This holy water is imbued with divine energy invoked through ...

Brihadeeswarar Temple, Gangaikonda Cholapuram and Airavatesvara Temple are a part of the "Great Living Chola Temples." These temples are known for their grand scale and intricate sculptures.

It houses four gateway towers known as gopurams. The tallest is the eastern tower ... we set our navigation towards Kumbakonam to visit another marvel of architecture, the Airavatesvara Temple.

Even before setting foot inside the 6000-square-foot temple, the ornate entrance towers (or Raja Gopurams) stand tall above the structure along with two pyramidal towers (or Vimana Gopurams ...

The Coldplay frontman and his longtime love visited Mumbai's Babulnath Temple before the band played its first-ever stadium show in India Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Overseas flights usually land around this time and passengers are trickling out of its arrival gate, which is built to resemble the gopuram – or tower-gateway – of Hindu temples, common across ...

Also Read: Assam: From Kamakhya Temple To Umananda Temple, These 7 Temples Will Be Connected Via Waterways In Brahmaputra River The Airavatesvara Temple in Darasuram, built by Rajaraja Chola II, is ...