What is known as the gopuram?Name another featurs of temple built in this period?
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A Gopuram or gopura (Sanskrit: गोपुरम्, gopuram) is a monumental gatehouse tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the Dravidian architecture of the Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana states of Southern India
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AD) and Ekambareswar Temple in Kancheepuram, built by Vijayanagara rulers in 16th c. AD, are ubiquitous and rep- resentatives of the highly evolved Dravidian temple archi- tecture. Among the several gopuram in a temple, the tallest is referred to as Rajagopuram (''raja'' meaning king).
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