CHOLA ARCHITECTURE

 IMPORTANT UPSC QUESTION : GS MAINS

CHOLA  ARCHITECTURE  REPRESENTS A HIGH WATERMARK IN THE EVLOLUTION OF TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE. ENUMERATE.

The Dravidian Architecture started by the Pallavas reached its high water mark and got matured at the hands of the Cholas. The Cholas refined Pallava architecture with the following notable features.

                                                                

                                                         

⁃ Cholas used stones instead of bricks.

⁃ They decorated the walls with sculptures and paintings od deities, kings and queen instead of lion motifs from Pallava.

⁃Temples were enclosed by decorative walls and entrance(Gopuram).

⁃Temples built by the Cholas also had a great audience hall called Mandapa; a deity room called Garbhgriha and pyramid like storey room called the Vimana.

⁃The temples were decorated by a beautiful Shikhara stone at the top.Each Shikara stone weighed in tonnes and had meticulous carvings on it.

During their reign, Cholas studied the entire Tamil Landscape with such temples including Nageshwara, Brihadeshwara, Airavateshwara and Chidambaram. The temple architecture of Cholas was even followed by other kingdoms in South India and Sri Lanka.

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