1010 Years Old Festival | Tamil | Thanjavur Big Temple | Madan Gowri

Amidst chanting of Vedic hymns and 'Nama Shivaya and Shivaya Namaha’, the consecration of the historic Brihadeeswarar Temple (Big Temple) was performed on a grand scale manner after a gap of 23 years in Thanjavur on Wednesday. Thousands of devotees witnessed the ceremony which was perfomed. The temple is a magnificent architectural construct that will never stop surprising anyone visiting the temple. Built using over 130,000 tons of granite, this fabulous structure shows the architectural prowess and affinity of the South Indians.The major attraction of the temple is the 216-feet-tall tower that is built above the Sanctum of the temple. This flamboyant tower can be seen by anyone entering the city from afar. Another breathtaking thing that will sure stupefy the visitor is the magnificent Nandi statue built at the temple; it is about two meters in height, six meters in length and two-and-half meters in width, and weighs around a whopping 20 tons for a statue built from a single stone. Various postures of the famous classical dance, Barathanatyam, are carved carefully on the exterior walls of the upper storey of the temple.

In this video we will be explaining the thousand years old practice of consecration for temples.

தஞ்சை பெரிய கோயில் குடமுழுக்கு தமிழ் மற்றும் சம்ஸ்கிருத வேதங்கள் முழங்க வெகு விமரிசையாக நடைபெற்றது. மூலவர் விமானத்தில் கலசநீர் ஊற்றப்பட்டது.