Talk:Brihadisvara Temple

message: The Nandi weighs 27 tonnes and is probably the largest in the world and said to be installed later in the 16th Century.
I think the Nandi in Mysore is bigger than this one.
--202.141.25.92 05:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nandi in Gangaikondacholapuram is said to bigger than Tanjore nandi. Praveen 20:44, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nandi 

message: I'll be happy if someone could second my entry for 'featured picture':-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_peer_review/Thanjavur_Big_Temple
-Ravichandar84 03:19, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thanjavur Temple for Featured Picture 

message: In the wikipedia site the following is said
 "The 'Shikharam' (crown) of Peruvudayar Temple is itself very large and heavy (81.25 tons) and has been carved out of a single stone"
According to the Archaelogocal society of India (ASI), this is not true. They have evidence that suggest the crown was made from many stones. 
We need somebody from ASI to contribute to this site
  "It is very clearly mentioned in writing at the entrance of the temple that the Crown is made up of 8 pieces"
At one place in the article:
 "The Kalash or 'Chikharam' (apex or the bulbous structure on the top) of the temple is not carved out of a single stone as widely believed"
And at another place in the same article:
 "The apex of the tower is the octagonal single stone granite piece of 81.25 tons"
No the above statement is wrong. It was not made of single stone. It is made of several stones resembling the top view of orange. The statement regarding that "the shadow will not touch the ground is also wrong". only the Shadow of Kalash will not fall down on earth  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.174.118.3 (talk) 06:00, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crown 

message: The lead section says that Peruvudayar Temple is the world's "first complete granite temple". The claim is sourced to an Indian government website, but it's a list of trivial facts with no detail, and I don't think the fact-checking was very careful. (The page says, for instance, that Varanasi is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, which is a contentious issue that depends on how one measures "continuous".) More seriously, the UNESCO site about these Chola temples says that Peruvudayar is built partly of brick. And The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt, by Richard H. Wilkinson, says (pp. 104–105) that Behbeit el-Hagar, which is in ruins now but was built in the second or third century BC, was made entirely of granite. Therefore, I am removing the problematic passage. A. Parrot (talk) 05:06, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  First temple built of granite 

message: The lead section claims that Brihadeeswar temple is the largest temple in the world. The claimed source is not in public domain and the fact cannot be verified. However, it is a well known fact that larger temples exist, or in other words, Brihadeeswar temple is not the largest of the temples. For reference, see the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_large_Hindu_temples, with legitimate sources.
98.222.193.118 (talk) 14:00, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Largest Temple 

message: Substituted at 10:19, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: To be change from Brihadisvara Temple(Marathi) to Peruvudayar Temple(Tamil). 199.102.108.16 (talk) 07:27, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: But that's not its current title. In any case, you need to show how WP:COMMONNAME backs this request. Doug Weller talk 08:48, 5 February 2020 (UTC)

text: Not done: page move requests should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves. —KuyaBriBriTalk 14:45, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 5 February 2020 

message: You haven't mentioned about one interesting fact of this temple. This temple casts no shadow on the ground. 103.233.122.29 (talk) 05:55, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. --allthefoxes (Talk)  10:02, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a myth, the shadow does fall on the ground. Proof is here OpenMindedBloke (talk) 09:34, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 15 June 2020 

message: The name should be changed from Brihadisvara to Periya Kovil as it's a Tamil Temple. Debtprograms (talk) 17:33, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.  Seagull123  Φ  21:08, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 30 August 2020 

message: It is Peruvudaiyār Kōvil and lets call with the same name.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sathya22$ (talk • contribs) 07:31, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly. 'Peruvudaiyar  koil' or 'Peruvudaiyar  temple' is the correct name to call and why this name is always masked and calling in that peculiar alien word. Everyone in Tamil nadu is known only by the name Periya koil (big temple). Also from 2015 onwards this temple suddenly getting a new name called as  Dakshina Meru . This word currently exists from 2015 onwards and again this is clear political. So remove this name which neither called or mentioned in any history books and literatures SarkarVijay (talk) 14:42, 2 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly, it should be called peruvudaiyar Koil or Rajarajeshwaram. 117.213.102.215 (talk) 17:38, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly no one in Tanjavur or in Tamilnadu know this name as brihadeshwara. Everyone knows it as Tanjavur periya kovil or Tanjai peru udaiyar kovil SarkarVijay (talk) 10:33, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requesting everyone to call this temple as Peruvudaiyar Kovil  

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message: Its Peruvudaiyar Kovil 2402:3A80:CEA:7675:0:0:66E1:F023 (talk) 17:57, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peruvudaiyar Kovil 

message: the name of the temple is தஞ்சைப் பெருவுடையார் கோயில் change the name 14.139.181.235 (talk) 11:13, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: This is English Wikipedia the name has to be in the English language. Lightoil (talk) 02:42, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 21 February 2023 

message: 1st paragraph- "Hola Era"? Nathularog (talk) 17:49, 21 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling mistake 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. Can be immediately moved without waiting out the relist period per User talk:ClydeFranklin/Archive 3#Brihadisvara Temple RM. (closed by non-admin page mover) Skarmory (talk • contribs) 05:23, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur →  – Currently, Brihadisvara Temple is a redirect to the Thanjavur temple.[Pageviews] clearly suggest that since the creation of these pages, the Thanjavur article is much more sought after by the readers than the Gangaikonda Cholapuram version. This is the Primary Topic >>> Extorc.talk 15:21, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

text: It should be called whatever the person who commissioned it named the temple, or whatever is more widely accepted by the community 2607:FEA8:4C25:9700:7933:7EB3:B05F:FB6B (talk) 23:55, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 7 June 2023 

message: can you please update the correct map of India? current map is not correct, It should be Indian government authorized map. source = https://www.india.gov.in/download-maps-india-provided-survey-india Peshkark (talk) 23:40, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: We do not blindly follow official maps from the Indian government. Lightoil (talk) 12:29, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 24 June 2023 

message: India map shown below in the page is not showing the full map, Top Kashmir is cut please make sure to update the correct India Map. 2402:8100:25C5:BA3E:6435:B89E:24D2:9815 (talk) 03:21, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It is the correct map. Highlighted portion indicates regions under Indian administration. Areas of Kashmir administered by Pakistan are separated from the rest of Pakistan by dashed lines to indicate contestation. Please read Kashmir conflict. —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 12:34, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  India Map is not correct, please change the map immediately