I wanted to visit this great temple for a long time. I've heard about this temple a lot, and wanted to be there to enjoy the marvelous architecture of this Chola temple. What a gigantic gopuram it has! It was awesome, breath taking! I've never visited any place in my life which excited me this much. It was an wonderful feeling when I started walking into this temple, but came out with a different feeling. Read on to know that.



I'll say less about this temple which has been said already very briefly here. But, one thing which I wanted to mention is - the below pictures.



And, this one..



And this one..



I should say that the temple is very badly maintained, and losing all its charm. Strange thing is there is no dustbins kept inside the temple, and the people are just putting all the waste (eatables, papers, etc) inside the temple itself (on the grass grounds inside). I don't know whether you can keep dustbins inside temple, but it should help. At least the people should be advised not to litter inside the temple.

I see a lot of people trying to build many new temples, but who thinks of maintaining the existing temples? I heard there is a new golden temple constructed near Vellore. Is that really needed to spend a lot of money to build temples, if you can't maintain the existing temples? That too a historical temple like this one. This left me with a sick feeling once I came out of the temple.

Who's listening?