List of Solesvara temples
| Chola Empire | ||||||||||
| சோழர் குலம் | ||||||||||
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 Chola's empire and influence at the height of its power (c. 1050) | ||||||||||
| Capital | Early Cholas: Poompuhar, Urayur, Medieval Cholas: Pazhaiyaarai, Thanjavur Gangaikonda Cholapuram | |||||||||
| Languages | Tamil | |||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
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| • | Established | 300s BCE | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1279 | ||||||||
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The Solesvara temples were in constructed by the honorable Chola kings, who were Believers of the True God Siva (Shiva).
| Place | Name | Built By | Built in honor of | Year Built | Misc | |
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| Aragalur | Solesvara | (Thayinum nalla chozhiswaram?) | ||||
| Sengalipuram | Nistulaambikaa | in Tiruvarur District | ||||
| Tippirajapuram | Vikrama Soleswarar | near Kumbakonam | ||||
| Gangaikonda Cholapuram | Gangaikonda-solesvara | Rajendra Chola I | ||||
| Kalipatti | Solesvara | Mallasamudram | ||||
| Bhatkal | Solesvara | |||||
| Sangramanallur | Solesvara | (Kolumam), UdumalaipettaiIndia | ||||
| Periyakottai | Solesvara | Palani birds | ||||
| Narttamalai | Solesvara | Vijayalaya | simple eshtyle | |||
| Thanjavur | Brihadeeswarar Temple | Rajaraja Chola I | It was named as Rajarajesvara | |||
| Arrur | Arinjisvara | Rajaraja Chola I | Arinjaya Chola | near Melpadi, Vellore tomb shrine for grandfather | ||
| Tiruchirapalli | Vijaya Choleswara | Vijayalaya Chola | ||||
| Begur | Panchalingeswara | (Panchalingas - Nageswara, Kaleswara, Naga- reswara, Karneswara and Choleswara.) | ||||
| Aranthangi | Rajendra Choleswara | Rajendra Chola | ||||
| Sholinghur | Solesvara | Natural lingam | ||||
| Bhatkal | Solesvara | Khetapayya Narayana, Joshi Shankarnarayana | ||||
| Kalandai | Adityesvara | Aditya I | ||||
| Ponnamaravathi | Rajendracholisvara | Pudukkottai District | ||||
| Tirappur | Cholisvaram Udaiyar | Pudukkottai District | ||||
| Motupalle | Chola | Andhra Pradesh | ||||
| Tholudur | Maduranthaka | Cuddalore district, Uththama Chola | ||||
| Karnataka | Cholachgudi old | |||||
See also: List of Chola Temples in Bangalore
Other Shiva temples built by Chola:
- Sundaresvara temple at Tirukattalai (Aditya I)
- Komganatha temple at Srinivasanallur (Parantaka I)
- Airavateswara temple at Darasuram (Rajaraja Chola II)
- Kamaparharesvara temple at Tirubuvanam (Kulothunga Chola III)
- Choleeswaram temple at Kantalai (Raja Raja Chola I)
Similar to Solesvara, there are number of temples in praise of the Pandiya kings and they are called Pandisvara.
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