GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Vishnu
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Surya
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Shiva
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Brahma
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Rajarajeshvara Temple is one of the 108 Shiva Temples in Kerala and had the tallest Shikhara in its time. King Raja Raja Chola rebuilt the temple in the 10th century (1010 AD). Parshuram had originally created the temple long before the onset of Kali Yug.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rajarajeswara Temple, Taliparamba Situated in Taliparamba village in Kannur district, this is a temple where women devotees are allowed to enter only after 8 pm. It is said that at this hour, Lord Shiva is happy in the company of his consort Parvathy, and hence quick to grant women devotees their wishes.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Rajarajesvara temple was built by one of the most successful rulers of the medieval period, Rajaraja Chola I. Tanjavur was the capital of the Cholas, an empire that ruled much of present-day South India from c. 848 until 1279.