One of the oldest living language written on the Brihadisvara Temple. Image
The language written is #Tamil.

This temple is also called as Raja Rajesvaram temple or Brihadeeswarar Temple or Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple.
There are around 107 paragraphs written here. The king himself gave instructions on how to carve the inscriptions. Image
This is the only temple in the whole of India, wherein the king himself has left behind a very large number of inscriptions on the temple's construction, the daily rituals to be performed for the Linga, the details of the offerings such as jewellery, flowers, textiles.etc
Raja Raja Chola even appointed an astronomer called ‘Perunkani' for announcing the dates, based on the planetary movements, for celebrating the temple's festivals. Image

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Vedic significance of Makara Sankranti

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