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THANJAVUR - City Guide

Thanjavur is a municipality and the headquarters of the district and a very important center of South Indian art and architecture. We can see most of the great Chola Temples in and around Thanjavur and the greatest is the Bragatheeswarar Temple. It is also an important agricultural center, viz. “Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu”.

Thanjavur has over 90 Temples among with Bragatheeswarar Temple stands first which has been built by the King Rajaraja Chola I. The walls of the Temple are covered with numerous inscriptions recording his conquests and endowments to enormous number of charities. The domination of Rajaraja Chola began to vanish while Rajendra Chola I started building a new city by name “Gangaikonda Cholapuram” where he moved his capital. A mighty Canon was built when Raghunatha Nayak ruled Thanjavur and it has been located at the defense barricade at the eastern entrance of the city.

The community of the Salesians of Don Bosco arrived at Thanjavur in 1906 and started an Industrial School. It is now in the premises of St. Anthony’s Matriculation Higher Secondary School.

TOURIST PLACES:

- Bragatheeswarar Temple

- Bell Tower

- Vijayanagara Fort

- Saraswathi Mahal Library

- Manora Fort

- Akshayapureeswarar Temple

- Sangeetha Mahal

- Raja Rajan Manimandapam

- Sivaganga Park

- Tamil Conference Memorial Tower

- Thanjavur Air Force Station

ARTS AND CULTURE:

Thanjavur is an important cultural center and one of the chief political, literary and religious centers of South India. It has contributed mainly to carnatic music and produced a lot of classical musicians and bharathanatyam dancers. Thiruvaiyaru is the spot where the great musician Saint Thiyagaraja lived. Musicians from all over India will be present here every year for “Thiyagaraja Aradhana” festival. Thanjavur is famous for Tanjore Painting, Thavil, Veenai and the bobble head Thanjavur Dolls. Thanjavur’s glory can be seen from the “Tanjore Plates” which are made of a brass plate containing an image of God at the centre. The Sacred Heart Cathedral in the city is the seat of the Roman Catholics.

AGRICULTURE:

As the maximum portion of lands in Thanjavur is used for cultivation and agriculture, it is the main source of livelihood of the people. Thanjavur has been named as the rice bowl of South India which is an apt saying. The major crops other than paddy are, black gram, banana, coconut, gingelly, ragi, red gram, green gram, sugarcane and maize. As Thanjavur is a deltaic region, the production of rice has been increased and exported to the neighboring states.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:

- Sastra University

- Prist University

- Periyar Maniammai University

- Tamil University

- Anjalai Ammal Mahalingam Engineering College

- Vandayar Engineering College

- PR Engineering College

- Ponnaiyah Ramajayam College of Engineering and Technology

- King’s College of Engineering

- St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology

- Parisutham Institute of Technology & Science

- Al-Salam College of Engineering and Technology

- Periyar Centenary Polytechnic

- Vandayar Polytechnic

- CCMR Polytechnic

- Shanmuga Polytechnic

- Thanjavur Medical College

- Mannai Narayanasamy College

- Arasu Paramedical College

- Konagarnadu College of Nursing

- Our Lady of Health College of Nursing

- Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy

- Tamilvel Umamaheshwaranar Karanthai Arts College

- Nalli Kuppusamy Women’s College

- Bharath College of Science and Management

- Adaickalamatha College of Science and Management

- Bon Secours College

- Abi & Abi College of Arts and Science

- Annai Vailankanni Arts & Science College

- Dr. S.R.J. College of Education

- Maruthu Pandiar College of Education / Teacher Training Institute

- John Britto College of Education / Teacher Training Institute

- Maxwell Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Bharathi Vidyalaya Matriculation School

- Kalyanasundaram Higher Secondary School

- Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Auxilium School

- Sacred Heart Girls’ Higher Secondary School

- Sri Venkateswara Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Blake Higher Secondary School

- Veeraragava Higher Secondary School

- St. Joseph Girls’ Higher Secondary School

- Girls Christian Higher Secondary School

- St. Peter’s Higher Secondary School

- Seventh Day Matriculation Higher Secondary School

- Yagappa Matriculation Public School

The list goes on resting with St. Peter’s School which is the first English School of South India.

The visitors of Thanjavur can reach this city through road, rail road and air. Their visit will be very useful, enjoyable and remarkable.


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