discuss the important of chola temples as centres of economic culture and social admitrient
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The Chola temples were the nuclei of settlements growing around them which included centres of craft production. Temples were also endowed with land by rulers as well as by others. The produce of the land was used for the maintenance of the priests, garland makers, cooks, sweepers, musicians, dancers etc who were associated with the temples and used to work for them. Hence temples were not simply the place of worship. They were also the hub of economic, social and cult
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Chola temples often became the nuclei of settlements which grew around them. These were centres of craft production. They were not only places of worship, they were the hub of economic, social and cultural life as well. Amount the crafts associated with temples, the making of bronze images was the most distinctive.
The famous Uthiramerur inscription ( 920–921 AD ) on the wall of Vaikuntha Perumal temple of Parantaka Cholan I’s reign describes the ‘Kudavolai’ election process - eligibility process, various boards to administer various depts, etc.
The temples in Tamil Nadu are not only a place of worship, but it was also like a Town hall where all cultural, socio-economic activities happen.
In Chola times, temples were the center of society. Chola society was democratic at the village level. Kings owned the lands and had full authority but, intervened very less into village-level administration.
They were also a place of the record-keeping. All the decisions taken in village Sabhas were inscribed on the walls of the temples. They had specific procedures too. Like, if temples were renovated, in presence of all the Village people, all the inscriptions have to be copied to palm scripts, verified and approved. And once the renovation is done, they have to be inscribed and again verified.
And Temples were the places where fine art forms grew. We see lots of inscriptions which say about the grants given and the presence of permanent artists in the temple. As a cultural culture, temples nurtured arts.
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