{"id":75476,"date":"2025-11-28T12:37:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T07:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=75476"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:17:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T07:47:57","slug":"arunachalesvara-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/arunachalesvara-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Arunachalesvara Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Arunachalesvara Temple Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encroachments around Arunachaleswarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai town were demolished recently to provide more road space for pilgrims during the Karthigai Deepam festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Arunachalesvara Temple<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Hindu temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located at the <\/span><b>base of Arunachala Hill<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Tiruvannamalai in <\/span><b>Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is dedicated to Lord Arunachalesvara, a form of <\/span><b>Lord Shiva.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple\u2019s<\/span><b> origin dates back thousands of years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with<\/span><b> references in ancient scriptures <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and Tamil Saiva texts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> current structure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, however, was <\/span><b>built during the period of the early <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chola-dynasty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chola kings<\/a> (9th century AD)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>expanded during<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the period of the <\/span><b>later Cholas, Hoysala (Bhosala) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kings, and<\/span><b> Vijayanagarar Nayakar kings,\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Arunachalesvara Temple <\/b><b>Architecture<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple is a fine example of<\/span><b> South Indian (Dravidian) architecture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and sculpture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spread out over <\/span><b>25 acres,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the temple complex is <\/span><b>among the largest in the country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, housing<\/span><b> four gateways, or gopurams.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>The Rajagopuram,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located on the <\/span><b>eastern sid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e at a height of <\/span><b>217 fee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t, is regarded as <\/span><b>among the tallest temple towers in the country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> built by the Nayaka kings.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are nine lofty gopurams, intricately carved with mythological figures and deities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>massive thousand-pillar hall<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> built by the ancient kings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/encroachments-around-arunachaleswarar-temple-demolished-for-karthigai-deepam\/article70326132.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arunachalesvara Temple is a Hindu temple located at the base of Arunachala Hill in Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu. 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