Famous Temples in Tamil Nadu

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Frank Lloyd Wright, a famous American Architect wrote "Architecture is that great living creative spirit which from generation to generation, from age to age, proceeds, persists, creates, according to the nature of man, and his circumstances as they change. That is really architecture. As one of the oldest civilisations in existence, our nation proudly flaunts its wonderful temples and historic monuments. It is matter of great pride that our country houses architectural marvels from centuries ago. Basically temples can be considered as a contact between man and God. The msot wonderful part is that the rituals and ceremonies performed carried in the temples can be scientifically related to the temple architecture. Its amazing that even centuries ago our architecture was so much developed. Temples built thousands of year ago have a design based on sacred geometric diagrams (Mandala) -- symbolized as a miniscule image of the universe with its coordinated organized structure Tamil Nadu is well known for its magnificient temples and is populary known as 'land of temples' for its grand temples that are architectural masterpieces. With 30,000 plus temples constructed by rulers of different dynasties over the years temples of state of Tamil Nadu are standing testimony to the rich Dravidian art and culture with each one showcasing a distinctive wonderful style, built by Chola, Pallava, Nayak, Pandya and Vijaynagar rulers, who were great patrons of art and architecture.

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Dr. Ramesh Pokhrival 'Nishank' who has been the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, and presently the Member of Parliament from Haridwar has in-depth knowledge of both literature and politics. He has written more than four dozen poetry collection, prose collection, and novels till date. His literary works have been translated into foreign languages such as French, Russian, German, Nepali and English, as well as regional languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit and Marathi. His works find place in the syllabi of several universities, and many universities also have research work being conducted on his works. He has been honoured by three Presidentsof our country, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, for Excellence in Literary Creation. In India and abroad, as well, he has received the titles of 'Bharat Gaurav', 'Sahitya Bharti', 'Rashtra Gaurav', and 'Sahityacheta', and the Mauritius Sammaan' and 'Gopio Extraordinary Achievement Award' from the Mauritius government.

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