who built rajarajeshwara temple at thanjavur and when
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"Rajarajeshwara temple" also called as "Brihadishvara Temple", is a "Hindu temple" which is dedicated to "Shiva". It is located at Thanjavur at Tamil Nadu. The temple which is based on Dravidian architecture was built by "Raja Raja Chola 1" between "1003 and 1010 AD". The temple is a "UNESCO world Heritage site" and is also known as the site of "Great Living Chola" Temples, which also includes "Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple" and "Airavatesvara Temple".
Rajaraj Chola built the Rajarajeswara Temple in the '10th century' in Thanjavur.
EXPLANATION:
The temple was built in reverence to Lord Shiva and is a Hindu temple. The 'temple' is regarded as 'one of the 108 existing' ancient temples of Lord Shiva in ancient Kerala.
The temple has massive boundary walls and a two-tier pyramid structure. It is believed that after 'eight' at night, 'Lord Shiva' is present in the temple along with goddess 'Parvati'.