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The nearest airport with regular services is Tiruchirappalli International Airport (IATA: TRZ), about 55 kilometres (34 mi) away. The city is connected daily to other major cities by the network of Indian Railways, Tamil Nadu bus services and the National Highways 67, 45C, 226 and 226 Extn. The Brihadeswara Temple is located in the city of Thanjavur, about 350 kilometres (220 mi) southwest of Chennai. The name means the "great lord, big Shiva" temple. īrihadishwara ( IAST: Bṛihádīśvara) is a Sanskrit composite word composed of Brihat which means "big, great, lofty, vast", and Ishvara means "lord, Shiva, supreme being, supreme atman (soul)". A later inscription in the Brihannayaki shrine calls the temple's deity Periya Udaiya Nayanar, which appears to be the source of the modern names Brihadisvara and Peruvudaiyar Kovil. Rajaraja Chola, who commissioned the temple, called it Rajarajeshwaram (Rajarājeśwaram), literally "the temple of the almighty of Rajaraja".

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The temple is one of the most visited tourist attractions in Tamil Nadu. The complex includes shrines for Nandi, Parvati, Kartikeya, Ganesha, Sabhapati, Dakshinamurti, Chandeshvara, Varahi, Thiyagarajar of Thiruvarur and others. It is also famed for the quality of its sculpture, as well as being the location that commissioned the brass Nataraja – Shiva as the lord of dance, in 11th century. The temple has a massive colonnaded prakara (corridor) and one of the largest Shiva lingas in India. īuilt out of granite, the vimana tower above the shrine is one of the tallest in South India. The temple now stands amidst fortified walls that were added after the 16th century. Additional mandapam and monuments were added in the centuries that followed. The temple was damaged in its history and some artwork is now missing. It included gopura, the main temple, its massive tower, inscriptions, frescoes, and sculptures predominantly related to Shaivism, but also of Vaishnavism and Shaktism traditions of Hinduism. The original monuments of this 11th-century temple were built around a moat.

Built by Tamil king Raja Raja Chola I between 10 AD, the temple is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the " Great Living Chola Temples", along with the Chola dynasty era Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple and Airavatesvara temple that is about 70 kilometres (43 mi) and 40 kilometres (25 mi) to its northeast respectively. It is called as Dakshina Meru (Meru of south). It is one of the largest Hindu temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Tamil architecture.

The Brihadisvara Temple Complex, Thanjavurīrihadishvara Temple (originally known as Peruvudaiyar Kovil) locally known as Thanjai Periya Kovil, and also called Rajarajeswaram, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in South bank of Cauvery river in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.