List of Solesvara temples

The Choleswarar temples were constructed by the Chola kings. Several of these temples are included in a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Great Living Chola Temples.[1]

Place Name Built By Built in honor of Year Built Misc
Aragalur Cholesvara
Sengalipuram Nistulaambikaa in Tiruvarur District
Mannargudi Choleswarar in Pattakara St, Mannargudi, Tiruvarur District. (Chitragupta having separate Sannithi)
Tippirajapuram Vikrama Choleswarar near Kumbakonam
Gangaikonda Cholapuram Gangaikonda-Choleswarar Rajendra Chola I
Mallasamudram Choleswarar Mallasamudram
Bhatkal Choleswarar
Sangramanallur Choleswarar (Kolumam), UdumalaipettaiIndia
Periyakottai Choleswarar
Narttamalai Choleswarar Vijayalaya
Thanjavur Brihadisvara Temple Rajaraja Chola I It was named as Rajarajesvaram/Peruvudaiyar kovil
Arrur Arinjisvara Rajaraja Chola I Arinjaya Chola near Melpadi, Vellore tomb shrine for grandfather
Tiruchirapalli Vijaya Choleswara Vijayalaya Chola
Begur Panchalingeswarar (Panchalingas - Nageswara, Kaleswara, Naga- reswara, Karneswara and Choleswara.)
Aranthangi Rajendra Choleswara Rajendra Chola
Sholinghur Choleswarar Natural lingam
Bhatkal Choleswara Khetapayya Narayana, Joshi Shankarnarayana
Kalandai Adityesvara Aditya I
Ponnamaravathi Rajendracholisvara Pudukkottai District
Tirappur Choleswaram Udaiyar Pudukkottai District
Motupalle Chola Andhra Pradesh
Tholudur Maduranthaka Cuddalore district, Uththama Chola
Karnataka Cholachgudi old
Samathur Chozheeswarar Alayam
Vellakovil Choleeswarar koil In Tiruppur district.
Kannapuram Vikram Choleeswarar koil Near Olappalayam, Vellakoil in Tiruppur district.

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.

References

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  1. ^ "Great Living Chola Temples". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Retrieved 24 November 2022.