Panamalai
Sign in to savethumb|Panamali temple view Panamalai lies 23 kilometers from Gingee, Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. The site is known as a location to various ancient structural temples built during the Pallava dynasty. One of them is the Talagirisvara Temple.
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thumb|Panamali temple view Panamalai lies 23 kilometers from Gingee, Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. The site is known as a location to various ancient structural temples built during the Pallava dynasty. One of them is the Talagirisvara Temple.
== Talagirisvara Temple == Narasimhavarman II, also known as Rajasimha or Rajamalla, is credited with constructing structural temples of Pallava dynasty namely the Shore Temple at Mamallapuram, Kailsanatha Temple and Talagirisvara temple at Panamalai. The temple is built on a small hillock overlooking the Panamalai lake. This 7th Century structure has a Vimana which resembles that of Kailasanatha temple of Kanchipuram.
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