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Prahadisvarar Temple

11th century Tamil Chola Dynasty Temple and UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Summary

Prahadisvarar Temple is a Hindu temple[1]. It ranks in the top 0.88% of hindu temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,088 views/month, #11 of 1,245).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Thanjavur[3]
  • Country: India[4]
  • Instance of: gopuram[5], tourist attraction[6]
  • Founder: Rajaraja I[7]
  • Architectural style: Tamil architecture[8], Dravidian architecture[9]
  • Part of: Great Living Chola Temples[10]
  • Commons category: Brihadisvara Temple[11]
  • Inception: 1010[12]
  • Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[13]
  • Area: 18.07 ha[14], 9.58 ha[15]
  • Height: 66 m[16]
  • Category for the interior of the item: Category:Interior of the Brihadisvara temple[17]

Why It Matters

Prahadisvarar Temple has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

India Rajaraja I

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . asi.nic.in. asi.nic.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . asi.nic.in. asi.nic.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Hindu temple, gopuram, tourist attraction
    Has characteristic → Q570116
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39782|batch #39782]]: Move Q570116 from P31 -> P1552"
  2. 23w ago · Gower · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Heritage designation → part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
    Part of → Great Living Chola Temples
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Thanjavur
    Instance of → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||pl */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30256|batch #30256]]: India, Hindu temples in Tamilnadu +dpl"
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