Solesvara

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சோழர் குலம்
Chola Empire

Chola's empire and influence at the height of its power (c. 1050)
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.

• Aragalur: Solesvaran Temple (Thayinum nalla chozhiswaram?)
• Sengalipuram in Tiruvarur District,
• Tippirajapuram, near Kumbakonam
• Gangaikonda Cholapuram: Gangaikonda-solesvara Temple Rajendra Chola I
• Kalipatti / Mallasamudram: Soleeshwaran temple
• Bhatkal: Solesvara Temple
• Sangramanallur (Kolumam), Udumalaipettai: Choleshwara temple
• Periyakottai, Palani: Cholesvara temple
• Narttamalai: Vijayalaya Cholesvara
• Thanjavur: Rajarajesvara temple now called as Brihadeeswarar Temple
• Arrur near Melpadi, Vellore: Rajaraja Chola I erected a Siva temple called Arinjisvara as a tomb-shrine in memory of his grandfather Arinjaya Chola.
• Near Tiruchirapalli: Vijaya Choleswara Temple in honor of Vijayalaya Chola
• Begur Panchalingeswara Temple (Panchalingas - Nageswara, Kaleswara, Naga- reswara, Karneswara and Choleswara.)
• Rajendra Choleswara Aranthangi
• Sholinghur Natural lingam Choleswara or Sholeswara temple
• bhatkal include Khetapayya Narayana, Joshi Shankarnarayana and Choleshwara.
• Adityesvara at Kalandai
• Rajendracholisvara Temple, Ponnamaravathi, Pudukkottai District
• Cholisvaram Udaiyar Temple, Tirappur, Pudukkottai District
• Chola temple Motupalle, Andra Pradesh
• Cholachgudi old temple - Karnataka

Other Shiva temples built by Chola:

• Sundaresvara temple at Tirukattalai (Aditya I)
• Komganatha temple at Srinivasanallur (Parantaka I)
• Airavateswara temple at Darasuram (Rajaraja Chola II)
• Kamaparharesvara temple at Tirubuvanam (Kulothunga Chola III)

Similar to Solesvara, there are number of temples in praise of the Pandiya kings and they are called Pandisvara.