kovil
kovilThe Tamil word for a temple, used of the great foundations of the Chola country.
Where this term appears
- The Chola Age and the Temple as Institution History
… it simply the Brihadisvara, the Great Temple, or in Tamil the Periya Kovil, the Big Temple.
- What is a Hindu Temple? Temples
People also call it mandira or mandir , and in the Tamil south kovil .