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What were temples built for?

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Shelter for travellers and the homeless
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Place of worship
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Educational purposes
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Promotion of music, dance and other artforms
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The correct options are
B Place of worship
C Educational purposes
D Promotion of music, dance and other artforms
The Chola kings were ardent Saivites. The temples were centres of education and devotional forms of art such as dance, music and drama. All these temples were the repository of architecture, sculpture, paintings and iconography of the Chola art.

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