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Thanjavur temples, bulls, whales and selfies
Thanjavur, the ancient capital of the Chola Empire, has a stunned vitality: it houses some of the most beautiful temples of Tamil Nadu, the largest statue of the Nandi bull in India and a giant whale skeleton preserved in the Royal palace. Maybe it doesn’t make much sense, but India is like that!