Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Tamil Nadu · 11.2061°, 79.4482°
Built by Rajendra I to celebrate his victorious march to the Ganga, in a new capital whose name means 'the town of the Chola who took the Ganga'. Slightly smaller but more delicately sculpted than his father's Thanjavur temple; the capital around it has vanished, leaving the shrine alone in fields.
Rajendra is said to have made defeated kings carry Ganga water south to fill the 'liquid pillar of victory', the Cholaganga tank.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-26 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chola