Ancient temples in Tamil Nadu were built of brick and mortar. Till 700 AD the temples were cut out of caves. The Pallava Kings (till 900 AD) built temples in stone. The Cholas (900-1250 AD) also built many monuments. The Pandya Style (till 1350 AD) was of huge towers, high wall enclosures and enormous towered gateways. The Vijayanagar Style (1350 - 1560 AD) is noted for intricacy and beauty especially in the decorated monolithic pillars. The Naik style (1600 - 1750 AD) is noted for large prakarams (circumambulatory paths) and pillared halls. These were the Dravidian styles found in Tamilnadu. The age of a temple can be determined by the design and architecture. Some of the famous temples of tamilnadu are

Tirukudandaikeezhkottam Temple	Tiruppainneeli- Neelakantar	Tirumuruganpoondi Temple
Kanjanoor Temple	Uraiyur Temple	Kodimaadachenkunrur Temple
Tiruvalanchuzhi Temple	Arunachaleswarar Temple	Paandikkodumudi Temple
Tiruvazhundur Temple	Tirukkarambanur Temple	Gokarna Mahabaleswarar Temple
Mayiladuturai Temple	Avinashi Temple	Pennaagadam Sudarkozhuntheesar Temple
Tiruvavaduturai Temple	Tirukkadalmallai Temple	Tirunaavalur Naavaleesar Temple
Tirutturutti Temple	Tiruvidandai Temple	Tirumudukunram temple
Tirunallam Temple	Tirupporur Temple	Arankandanallur Temple
Tirunageswaram Temple	Tiru Aalavaai Temple	Tiruvennainallur Temple
Tirupparamkunram Temple	Tirunelveli Temple	Tirucherai Temple
Kanyakumari Temple	Tiruvalankadu Temple	Kachi Ekambam Temple
Kesava Perumal temple	Kutralam Temple	Mahalingeswarar Temple
Tirupatisaaram Temple	Kudandaikaaronam	Marundeeswarar Temple
Kannaar Kovil		Nellaiappar Temple
Tiruppunkur Temple	Tiruvirumpoolai- Aabatsakaayar temple	Tirukkudandai Temple
Tiruneedur temple	Tiruppariyalur Temple	Tiruvinnagar Temple
Tirumanancheri Temple	Tirukkadavur Temple	Tirunaraiyur Temple
Tirukkurukkai Temple	Ambar Maakaalam Temple	Patteeswaraswami Temple
Karuppariyalur Temple	Tirumeeyachur Temple	Rajagopala Temple
Tiruvaalkoliputrur Temple	Tiruveezhimizhalai Temple	Kunnakkudi Temple
Tirumannippadikkarai Temple	Narayur Sidheeswaram Temple	Tirunallurperumanam Temple
Omampuliyur Temple	Kumbhareshwara temple	Ten Tirumullaivayil Temple
Kadambur Temple	Tirukudandaikeezhkottam	Tiruvenkaadu Temple
Pandanainallur Temple	Sarangapani temple	Keezhaittirukkaattuppalli Temple
Tirukkodikka Temple	Tiruvindaloor Temple	Tirukkurukaavur Temple
Innambar Temple	Tiruvallikkeni parthasarthy	Sirkali Temple
Tiruppurampayam Temple	Pazhani Temple	Tirukkolakka Temple
Vijayamangai Temple	Keevalur Temple	Satthi Mutram Temple
Tiruvaikavur Temple	Tiruvirumpoolai Temple	Tirunallar Temple
Kurangaaduturai Temple	Tiruppoovanur Temple	Rameswaram temple
Tiruvaiyaru Temple	Tirukkovilur Temple	Sri Rangam Temple
Tirumazhapadi Temple	Tiruneermalai Temple	Oppiliappan Temple
Tiruppazhuvur Temple	Tiruvaikuntham-vaikunthanathar temple	Tiruppoovanu Temple
Tirunallur Temple	Tiruvanchiyam Temple	Tirunellikka Temple
Tirunelveli Nellaiyappar Temple	Pullirukkuvelur Temple	Tirukkolili Temple
Tirukkodunkunram Temple	Tiruppanantaal Temple	Tiruvaimur Temple
Aadi Ratneswarar Tiruvaadaanai Temple	Subramanya Swami Temple	Tirumaraikkaadu Temple
Tirukkaanapper Kaalaiyeesar Temple	Tiruppaampuram temple	Tirupparankunram Temple
Kottur shrine	Tirumarugal ratnagireshwara Temple	Karaveeram Bhrahmapureshwara alavinathar temple
Tiruvannamalai Temple	Paridiniyamam Temple	Kaduvaaikaraiputtur Temple
Achaleswaram temple	Airavateswarar Temple	Sukavaneswarar Temple
Tirukkadaimudi Temple	Tyagarajar Temple	Tiruttalinathar Temple

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