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The article, 'Great Living Chola Temples' is properly cited and the information contained within is relevant to the Great Living Chola Temples. Since the article has a limited amount of information given, there are no facts that can be seen on the surface that act as a distraction.

The article is mostly neutral. In the section 'Criteria for being "Great Living Chola Temples,' there is but one opinion, that being the three Chola temples of Southern India represent an outstanding achievement in the architectural conception of the Dravidian type of temple. While opinionated, this statement isn't heavily biased. The statement simply talks about how grand this form of architecture was for 11th and 12th century India.

There is a massive under-representation of the Chola temples themselves. The Brihadisvara Temple, the Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram and the Airavatesvara Temple have nearly nothing said about any of them in detail, other than that they simply are Great Living Chola Temples. There is mention of the three temples, that being the title of the articles, but the geographic location, the history, and the meaning behind the temples are missing.

The links within the article work, as well as the references and external links. The World Heritage Sites in India for the North, East, South and West are also working and cited properly. Furthermore, the links for the Brihadisvara Temple, the Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram, the Airavatesvara Temple, the Darasuram, UNESCO, Chola, Tamil civilization, Rajaraja Chola II, and Tamil Nadu are working links that are also properly cited.

The information comes from unesco.org and the World Heritage Sites in India. They are reliable and are mostly factual sources rather than opinionated ones. Because the information is mostly factual from the two sources, they are not out of date, but rather, the information remains constant because of its factual foundation.

There are only two people that have commented on the talk page of 'Great Living Chola Temples.' One simply posted a picture of a god or goddess from the temple, and the other is presumably the creator of the article itself. The creator of the article simply cited the sources for this article.

The article is rated as a Start-class article. It is a preliminary article with plenty of room for improvement according to wikipedia. The rating entails that the article provides meaningful content, but most readers will need more. There are 4,912 views for the monthly average, and it is not apart of any WikiProjects to my knowledge.

In all sincerity, the lessons given in class don't touch very much on the Great Living Chola Temples. While I believe we briefly touched on the Chola empire in Chatper 3, which talked about the emergence of empires, the purpose and history of the Chola temples weren't talked about (so far) in the course. That being said, this article does touch base on the three priorities (even though four are listed) that are needed for something to be considered a great chola temple. Because this is such an in-depth apart of the Chola dynasty, this isn't touched on in the required readings, but the Chola empire itself is talked about.

A question I leave with the readers of this article is, what was the purpose of the Hindu gods or goddesses being built within the Chola Temples? Was it decided by the rulers or the people, and why did the rulers or the people choose those specific gods or goddesses?

Thank you.