Hall of a Thousand Pillars

temple, Srirangam, India

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The Hall of a Thousand Pillars is a notable feature of the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam, India. This temple, dedicated to the Hindu deity Ranganatha, is a significant pilgrimage site in southern India. The temple complex is characterized by seven concentric rectangular enclosures, with the outermost measuring over 3 km in perimeter. The Hall of a Thousand Pillars, with its distinctive colonnade of rearing horses, was constructed during the Vijayanagar period (1336–1565) on the site of an older temple.1

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…of the temple is the Hall of a Thousand Pillars with its colonnade of rearing horses. The temple and the 1,000-pillared hall were constructed in the Vijayanagar period (1336–1565) on the site of an older temple.
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…of the temple is the Hall of a Thousand Pillars with its colonnade of rearing horses. The temple and the 1,000-pillared hall were constructed in the Vijayanagar period (1336–1565) on the site of an older temple.
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