Visual Index of Chidambaram Sites (Site name and description)
Nataraja Temple Nataraja Temple (9th-12th centuries)
One of the great temple complexes of South India.

Bibliography:

All images and text © 2007, Raja Deekshitar

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  Published by the Author, 1997. Chidambaram

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Tadgell, Christopher. The History of Architecture in India.
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Younger, Paul The Home of the Dancing Sivan. The Traditions of the Hindu Temple in Citamparam.
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