Ayangudi, Thanjavur, village in Orathanadu talik, Thanjuvar district of Tamil Nadu, India
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This temple, built by Rajaraja Chola II in the 12th century CE is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the Brihadeeswara Temple at Thanjavur, the Gangaikondacholisvaram Temple at Gangaikonda Cholapuram that are referred to as the Great Living Chola Temples.
Alagiri Nayak was the younger brother of the Madurai Nayak king Chokkanatha Nayak and the last Nayak king of Thanjavur.
Alangudi, Papanasam taluk, a village in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India
Other Ammaveedus of prominence were Vadasseri Ammaveedu, Nagercoil Ammaveedu, Thanjavur Ammaveedu, Thiruvattar Ammaveedu, Puthumana Ammaveedu (of Ravi Varman Thampi) etc., all named after the villages from where the original Ammachis came.
The Chola kings ruled from AD (848–1280) and included Rajaraja Chola I and his son Rajendra Chola who built temples such as the Brihadeshvara Temple of Thanjavur and Brihadeshvara Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram, the Airavatesvara Temple of Darasuram and the Sarabeswara (Shiva )Temple, also called the Kampahareswarar Temple at Thirubhuvanam, the last two temples being located near Kumbakonam.
A disciple king of his (Maratha king Serfoji I of Thanjavur) invited him to the South and gave him a whole village on the banks of the Cauvery river.
# In the words ending in m and n preceded by a vowel, the vowel is nasalised but the nasal stops themselves are not pronounced except when followed by a word beginning with a vowel in the Thanjavur style.
Chellampatti, Thanjavur, a neighbourhood in Thanjavur City, Thanjavur Taluk, Thanjavur district
In 1990 Chinnaponnu was married to composer and percussionist Selva Kumar (who generally performs under the name Kumar) at Thanjavur Mariamman Temple.
Leading centres were the main British settlements of Calcutta, Madras (Chennai), Delhi, Lucknow, Patna and the Maratha court of Thanjavur.
Other churches built by him are Vyagula Matha Church at Thanjavur and another church at Palliyeri Village near Thanjavur.Then he served as parish priest in Kamanayakkanpatti one of the oldest mission centers in Tamil Nadu.
His pupils include Palani Subramania Pillai,Thanjavur Ramadas, Palghat Mani Iyer Devakottai Sunder Raj and Thangavellu Pillai of Malaysia.
Rev. Bishop Arokiasamy Sundaram, the first Bishop of Thanjavur.
Later after the merger of TMC with Indian National Congress, Raman was granted the opportunity to serve as the High Command Observer for Thanjavur District, native district of his mentors Moopanar and Vasan, by All India Congress Committee (AICC).
Ekoji II (1696–1737) was the eldest surviving son of Maratha king of Thanjavur Tukkoji who succeeded to the throne on the death of his father in 1736.
These temples are the Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur, the Temple of Gangaikondacholisvaram and the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram.
After staying for a short period at the court of the Raja, Inbakavi set out for the court of Serfoji II of Thanjavur.
Kothangudi, Papanasam taluk, a village in the Papanasam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India
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Kothangudi, Kumbakonam taluk, a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India
Madhuravani was a scholar and poet who lived in Thanjavur during the reign of the Thanjavur Nayak king Raghunatha Nayak.
The Madurai kingdom had enemies all-around; the Marathas, Mysore army, Mughal army with the Deccan Sultans and frequent interludes by the Thanjavur kingdom.
Present-day Mannargudi dates from the time of the Thanjavur Nayak king, Vijaya Raghava Nayak (1633–1673), also called "Mannaru dasan" who carried out extensive renovations of the Rajagopalaswami temple complex and is credited by some with having reclaimed the land from the surrounding forest.
Meanwhile, Bhavani Shankar had earned the ire of the Thanjavur Maratha ruler Tukkoji as he had failed to keep up his promise of delivering Aranthangi to the Thanjavur Marathas.
The road starting from Marundeeswarar temple, now called ECR was an important route during the Chola period and was known as Vadagaperuvazhi, connecting the kingdom to places in Thanjavur and Andhra Pradesh.
Muddupalani (fl. ca. 1750) was a Telugu speaking poet and devadasi attached to the court of Pratap Singh, the Maratha king of Tanjore.
The Mullivaikal Muttram complex is spread out on a 1.75-acre plot at Vilar, a village situated 5 km from Thanjavur on the Thanjavur-Tiruchirappalli national highway.
Hajrath Shahul Hamid Badusha Kaadiri cured king Achutappa Nayak(1529–1542 A.D.), a Hindu ruler of Thanjavur of his physical affliction believed to be caused by a sorcery.
Now a Member of the Planning Board of the Tamil University, Thanjavur, he has been a Member of the Senate, Bharathiar University, Member, Central Silk Board and Member, South Zone Cultural Centre, Chennai and Patron of The Madras Progress Union Higher Secondary School.
Nilakanta Sri Ram or Nilakantha Sri Ram (N. Sri Ram) (* 15 December 1889 in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India; died 8 April 1973 in Adyar, India) was a freemason, theosophist and president of the Theosophical Society Adyar.
The Maratha empire at its peak was spread across much of India from Thanjavur in the South to Indo-Gangetic plain of the North and in the West to Attock in what is today's Pakistan.
This royal Siva temple, which is one of the trinity of the Great Living Chola Temples along with the Brihadeeswarar Temple Temples at Thanjavur and Gangaikonda Cholapuram all of which are World Heritage Sites.
He finished his school education in Thanjavur and Palayamkottai.
Venkoji (Marathi: व्यंकोजी/एकोजी १)(born 1629) or Ekoji I was the younger half-brother of Shivaji and founder of Maratha rule in Thanjavur.
Within the precincts of the church is a 1797 sculpture of Schartz on his death-bed with the Thanjavur Maratha king Serfoji II and the missionary Guericke beside him.
Serfoji III was an adopted son of the last Maratha ruler of Thanjavur, Shivaji II and pretender to the throne of Thanjavur.
Sevappa Nayak was a feudatory of the Vijayanagar Empire and the governor of Thanjavur who founded the Thanjavur Nayak kingdom.
Shahuji II of Katturaja was the name of the ruler of Thanjavur from 1738 to 1739 who rose to power based on the unverified claim of being an illegitimate son of Serfoji I.
On Ayyaval's arrival in Thanjavur, he was offered all assistance and respect by Shahuji, the then ruler of the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom.
Sujanbai was the wife of Ekoji II, the Maratha ruler of Thanjavur.
Vijaya Raghava Nayak (1634–1673), was the last of the Nayak Kings of Thanjavur.
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Raghunatha Nayak (1600–1634) is regarded as the greatest in the Thanjavur Nayak dynasty.
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Sevappa Nayak (1532–1580), was the first Thanjavur Nayak king.
Kalaignar was also awarded the "Raja Rajan Award" by Tamil University, Thanjavur for this book.
She was also partly responsible for the impressive performance of the Communist Party of India in the Thanjavur region.
Vedanayagam Sastriar 1774 -1864 of Thanjavur, poet-lyricist, court poet in the palace of Serfoji II.