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Who built the Temple tank and 1000 pillars in Thiruvanamalai Temple ?

  1. Krishna Devarayar

  2. Pulikesi-III

  3. Rajaraja Chola

  4. Rajendra Chola

  5. Pulikesi-II
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The temple tank and the famous 1000-pillar hall at the Annamalaiyar Temple in Thiruvannamalai were built by the Vijayanagara emperor Krishna Deva Raya (Krishnadevaraya). He ruled from 1509-1529 CE and was a great patron of temple architecture, commissioning major additions to several important Tamil temples including this one and the ones at Tirumala and Kanchipuram.

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