Millennium milestone for Thanjavur temple

The Brihadisvara temple in Thanjavur, the most important among the hundreds of temples built by the Chola emperors, has reached a milestone: a thousand years of existence
.The temple was commissioned by Rajaraja Chola, the emperor who oversaw the Second Golden Era of Tamil Nadu. By then, he had already conquered the other two powerful kingdoms of the embattled triumvirate, the Pandyas and Cheras, to emerge as the unquestionable regional leader who found the expansive empire which also included half of Sri Lanka. The Sinhala king he defeated was Mahinda V.
According to available historical records, the construction of what became the biggest and most striking temples of the era was completed in about six years. The structure is complicated in its design and detailing, and the stones used for building this structure had to be brought from far-off places.