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'''Valisvara Temple''' is a [[Hindu temple]] located in the town of Thiruvalisvaram in the [[Tirunelveli district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[South India]], [[India]]. The temple is dedicated to [[Lord Shiva]]. The temples was constructed in the early part of the 10th century AD by [[Raja Raja Chola I]] the great [[Chola]] [[King]].<br />
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== Architecture ==<br />
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The Valisvara Temple is considered to be one of the best examples of [[Chola architecture]] and is in [[Dravidian architecture]].<ref name="cholasp759">{{cite book | title=The Cholas| last=Sastri|first=K. A. Nilakanta| year=2000| publisher=University of Madras|page=759|origyear=1935}}</ref> The main deity is Lord Shiva and he is depicted sitting in ''sukhasana'' pose.<ref name="cholasp759" /> There is also an idol of Shiva as Chandesanugrahamurthi.<ref name="cholasp759" /> There are also idols of [[Parvathi]] and a Shiva devotee.<ref name="cholasp759" /><br />
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The ''[[vimana]]'' has an idol of Lord Shiva in the form of [[Ardhanarishvara]]. The artistic style resembles those of [[Pallava]] temples in [[Panamalai]] and [[Kanchipuram]]. [[K. A. Nilakanta Sastri]] remarks that the "workmanship of the entire composition is unsurpassed for beauty by any other example of its kind".<ref name="cholasp759" /><br />
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[[Category:Hindu temples in Tirunelveli district]]<br />
[[Category:Shiva temples in Tirunelveli district]]<br />
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