WHAT IS SHIKHARA ? WHERE WAS THE TALLEST SHIKHARA AMONGST TEMPLES OF ITS TIME?
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a spire on the Hindu temples is called shikhara .
The Rajarajeshvara temple at Thanjavur had the tallest shikhara amongst temples of its time. Constructing it was not easy because there were no cranes in those days and the 90 tonne stone for the top of the shikhara was too heavy to lift manually. So the architects built an inclined path to the top of the temple, placed the boulder on rollers and rolled it all the way to the top. The path started more than four kilometres away so that it would not be too steep. The path was dismantled after the temple was
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- Shikhara, in North Indian temple architecture, the superstructure, tower, or spire above the sanctuary and also above the pillared mandapas (porches or halls); it is the most dominant and characteristic feature of the Hindu temple in the north.
- Rajarajeshvara temple at Thanjavur had the tallest shikhara amongst temples of its time.
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