Tanjore

E33990
city cultural center historical city

Tanjore, now known as Thanjavur, is a historic city in Tamil Nadu, India, renowned for its Chola-era architecture, particularly the Brihadeeswarar Temple, and its rich cultural and artistic heritage.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Thanjavur 6
Thanjavur district 6
Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ
historical city ⓘ
administrativeStatus municipal corporation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tanjore ⓘ
surface form: Tanjavur

Tanjore ⓘ
contains Brihadeeswarar Temple ⓘ
Rajagopalaswamy Temple ⓘ
Saraswathi Mahal Library ⓘ
Schwartz Church ⓘ
Thanjavur Maratha Palace ⓘ
country India ⓘ
distanceTo Tiruchirappalli (about 55 km) ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
handicraft industry ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasClimate tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage classical South Indian art ⓘ
temple architecture ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus Great Living Chola Temples ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Great Living Chola Temples)
hasOfficialName Tanjore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thanjavur
historicalEra Chola dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Chola period

Maratha Empire ⓘ
surface form: Maratha period

Nayak period ⓘ
historicalRegion Chola dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Chola Nadu
isDistrictHeadquartersOf Tanjore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thanjavur district
knownFor Brihadeeswarar Temple ⓘ
Carnatic music tradition ⓘ
Chola-era architecture ⓘ
Tanjore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tanjore painting

UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage monuments

bronze sculpture ⓘ
classical dance ⓘ
handicrafts ⓘ
locatedIn Tanjore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thanjavur district
locatedInRegion Kaveri River Delta ⓘ
surface form: Cauvery Delta
locatedOnRiver Kaveri ⓘ
surface form: Kaveri River
nearestMajorCity Tiruchirappalli ⓘ
officialLanguage Tamil ⓘ
primaryLanguage Tamil ⓘ
religiousSignificance major Hindu pilgrimage center ⓘ
state Tamil Nadu ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
transport Thanjavur Junction railway station ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Chola dynasty ⓘ
wasRuledBy British Empire ⓘ
Chola dynasty ⓘ
Nayaks of Thanjavur ⓘ
Maratha Empire ⓘ
surface form: Thanjavur Maratha kingdom

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Thanjavur district
this entity surface form: Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu
Tanjore → alsoKnownAs → Tanjore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tanjavur
Tanjore → alsoKnownAs → Tanjore ⓘ
Tyagaraja → birthPlace → Tanjore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thanjavur district
this entity surface form: Thanjavur
Tamil Nadu → contains → Tanjore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thanjavur
this entity surface form: Thanjavur
Kaveri → crossesCity → Tanjore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thanjavur
Tyagaraja → deathPlace → Tanjore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thanjavur district
this entity surface form: Tanjore paintings
Tamil Nadu → hasMajorCity → Tanjore ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thanjavur
Tanjore → hasOfficialName → Tanjore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thanjavur
Tanjore → isDistrictHeadquartersOf → Tanjore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thanjavur district
Tanjore → knownFor → Tanjore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tanjore painting
Tanjore → locatedIn → Tanjore self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thanjavur district
this entity surface form: Thanjavur district