Chola's empire and influence at the height of its power (c. 1050) |
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| Official Language | Tamil |
| Capitals | Early Cholas: Poompuhar, Urayur, Medieval Cholas: Pazhaiyaarai, Thanjavur Gangaikonda Cholapuram |
| Government | Monarchy |
| Preceding state of Early Cholas | Unknown |
| Succeeding states | Pandyas, Hoysala |
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The Solesvara temples were in honor of the Chola kings, who were believers in Shiva, the Hindu god.
| Place | Name | Built By | Built in honor of | Year Built | Misc |
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| Aragalur | Solesvara | (Thayinum nalla chozhiswaram?) | |||
| Sengalipuram | Nistulaambikaa | in Tiruvarur District | |||
| Tippirajapuram | Vikrama Soleswarar | near Kumbakonam | |||
| Gangaikonda Cholapuram | Gangaikonda-solesvara | Rajendra Chola I | |||
| Kalipatti | Solesvara | Mallasamudram | |||
| Bhatkal | Solesvara | ||||
| Sangramanallur | Solesvara | (Kolumam), Udumalaipettai | |||
| Periyakottai | Solesvara | Palani | |||
| Narttamalai | Solesvara | Vijayalaya | |||
| Thanjavur | Brihadeeswarar Temple | Rajaraja Chola I | It was named as Rajarajesvara | ||
| Arrur | Arinjisvara | Rajaraja Chola I | Arinjaya Chola | near Melpadi, Vellore tomb shrine for grandfather | |
| Tiruchirapalli | Vijaya Choleswara | Vijayalaya Chola | |||
| Begur | Panchalingeswara | (Panchalingas - Nageswara, Kaleswara, Naga- reswara, Karneswara and Choleswara.) | |||
| Aranthangi | Rajendra Choleswara | Rajendra Chola | |||
| Sholinghur | Solesvara | Natural lingam | |||
| Bhatkal | Solesvara | Khetapayya Narayana, Joshi Shankarnarayana | |||
| Kalandai | Adityesvara | Aditya I | |||
| Ponnamaravathi | Rajendracholisvara | Pudukkottai District | |||
| Tirappur | Cholisvaram Udaiyar | Pudukkottai District | |||
| Motupalle | Chola | Andhra Pradesh | |||
| Karnataka | Cholachgudi old |
Other Shiva temples built by Chola:
Similar to Solesvara, there are number of temples in praise of the Pandiya kings and they are called Pandisvara.