Millennium Celebrations: Padma Subrahmanyam (fourth from right) and 1,000 artistes perform the Bharatanatyam as part of the Millennium Celebrations of the Big Temple, an architectural wonder built by King Rajaraja Chola I, in Thanjavur on Saturday. The dance was a tribute to the temple, which has withstood the test of time for over 1,000 years, and to the king who built it.

Tamil Nadu is making an attempt at setting a Guiness World Record out of the grand spectacle that was staged as part of the millennium celebrations of the Big Temple It was a challenge to make everyone feel that there were 1,000 dancers on the floor. After all, the event could make it to the Guinness book of records and had to be verifiable. K.S. Sudhakar of Swathi Soft Solutions and S.B.Khanthan, director, had to meet theorganising challenge. Now that the event is over, they have filed an application for the mammoth dance event, marking the completion of 1000 years of Brahadeeswarar Temple at Thanjavur, for listing as a Guinness achievement.