See also:

• CHIDAMBARAM, or CHEDUMBRUM

CHIDAMBARAM, or CHEDUMBRUM  , a. See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• ARCOT

Arcot See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, 7 M. from the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and 151 m . S. of Madras by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1901) 19,909 . The pagodas at See also:

• CHIDAMBARAM, or CHEDUMBRUM

Chidambaram are the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest in the south of India, and portions of them are gems of See also:

• ART

art . Here is supposed to have been the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern frontier of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Chola See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, the successive capitals of which were Uriyur on the See also:

• CAUVERY, or KAVERI

Cauvery, See also:

• COMBACONUM

Combaconum and See also:

• TANJORE

Tanjore . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple is sacred to See also:

• SIVA

Siva, and is said to have been rebuilt or enlarged by a leper See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, who came south on a See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage and was cured by bathing in the temple tank; upwards of 6o,000 pilgrims visit the temple every See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December . It contains a " See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall of a thousand pillars," one of numerous such halls in India, the exact number of pillars in this See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case being 984; each is a See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

block of solid See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite, and the roof of the principal temple is of See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper-gilt . Three See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred of the highest-See also:

• CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste Brahmins live with their families within the temple enclosure .