By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore
Brihadeeshwara temple is located in Thanjavur town which belongs to Tamil Nadu. It is a great tourist centre and thousands of visitors both from abroad and India visit this temple and they stand in silent awe seeing this magnificent temple. I had the good fortune of taking many distinguished visitors to this temple as I was working in Thanjavur. The top officers of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), New Delhi, were deputing me to do this job. It was my good fortune that I was able to understand the minute details of this great temple.
