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Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram

c. 700 · 8th century · Also known as Kailasanatha Temple, Kanchipuram

The Kailasanathar Temple at Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, India, was built around 700 by the Pallava king Narasimhavarman II, also called Rajasimha. Dedicated to Shiva, it is the oldest structural temple in the city and a key early work of the southern Dravida style. The Chalukyas of Badami drew on it for the Virupaksha temple at Pattadakal after taking Kanchipuram.

Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram
Image: Bikash Das from bangalore, india · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Pallava dynasty

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