At dusk the floodlit golden vimana of the Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur glows against a violet sky.

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Shaivism

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the tradition devoted to Shiva, among the oldest currents of Hindu practice.

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The towering granite vimana of the Brihadeeswara Temple at Thanjavur, its sculpted tiers catching late-afternoon light, visitors in the courtyard below.

Art Entry Brihadeeswara Temple Rajaraja Chola's temple at Thanjavur (completed 1010): a granite mountain of sculpture raised over one of India's great lingas, and the Chola bronze tradition's home ground. Completed 1010 CE

A stone Shiva linga on its round yoni base inside a small temple shrine, scattered with flower petals and pigment, a drip vessel hanging above.

Art Entry The Shiva Linga A polished stone shaft rising from its base, bathed daily in water, milk, and flowers: the aniconic murti of Shiva, worshipped not as a symbol of an absent god but as the god's own form. Antiquity to the present

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