Indra’s Ratha in Melakkadambur, a Chola Masterpiece
Figure 4. Shri Airavateshvara temple in Darasuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ratha Mandapa or chariot hall on the main axis of the temple, facing South. From the South-West.
Granite.
Between 1146 and 1173, built by Rajaraja Chola II.
Photo by Raja Deekshithar, 20 June 2009.