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             Louvre Abu Dhabi  is an  art museum  which is named Louvre under the agreement between the UAE and France.  Louvre is the name of “France’s largest cultural project abroad “.  The agreement permitted to use its name until  2037 , it was signed in 2007.  US $525 million  paid by Abu Dhabi for  Name Louvre  .        This museum is located on saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates.  It is the First Universal Museum in the Arab’s World  .       Louvre Art Museum is the  largest art museum  in the  Arabian peninsula  which is measured about approximately  24,000 square metres (260,000 sq ft)  in size, with  8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft)  of galleries.The final cost of construction is about  € 600 million  .         It is the beautiful  dome...
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BRIHADEESWARAR TEMPLE -THANJAVUR

   


 Brihadishvara Temple is known as various name are Big Temple,Thanjai periya Kovil,Raja rajeswara Temple ,Rajarajeshwaram.This Temple is built by Raja Raja Chola I during the period of 1003 -1010 AD.This peerless piece of architecture located in Thanjavur City of Tamil Nadu.This Temple is dedicated to lord Shiva.

        One of the UNESCO world Heritage site.This Temple completed its 1000 year in 2010. There is a temple tower famous as Vimana among the devotees and tourists. This temple tower has an elevation of 66 meters. Vimana is one of the tallest temple towers on the earth. This  Great height reaches the field of architecture by the chola king.This is one of the best tourists place you must enjoy and definitely embraced by the ancient architecture skills of Tamil Nadu.


SPECIALITY OF THIS TEMPLE

          ▶️The Temple Tower or Gopuram as it is locally called is 216 feet height.

          ▶️1.3 lakh tons of granite was used to construct This Temple but the surprising fact is…

There is neither a mountain nor a rocky hill for 60 kilometres around Thanjavur.

How did these heavy rock come here..??

          ▶️It is said that 3000 elephants were used to bring these stones from far away

          ▶️The Architecture is based on Interlock method,also known as puzzle techniques.

           ▶️No cement,stucco,plaster or adhesives were used between the stones.One stone is locked over another stone, to lock it.

           ▶️London’s Big Ben and the Leaning Tower Of Pisa are tilting with time.But This Temple stands straight even after  1000 years.

           ▶️The reason is the base of the Temple which is very wide.

           ▶️The another speciality of the Temple is it was built without digging the earth which means it was built on the plain land

           ▶️The stone placed at the top of the Temple tower is known as “KUMBAM ”.

            ▶️Kumbam weighs about 81 tons and is craved out of single rock

            ▶️There were no cranes or power machinery to lift the stones to such a height . Wondering how they place this on top.

          ▶️To the Temple tower, they made a ramp of around 6 kilometres long

          

Nandi

         


          ▶️Other fascinating thing about this place is the Nandi

          ▶️It is craved out of single stone

          ▶️It is 13 feet height


Don’t miss this architectural Marvel of Tamil Nadu

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