Antique Coins at Maratha Royal Palace, Thanjavur
















After traveling for around 90 minutes covering a distance of around 70 km from Tanjavur, we reached Gangaikonda Cholapuram . Currently a small village. But it was not so little over 700 years ago. For it was the then capital of the Chola empire. Built by Rajendra Chola I after his great victory in the…
on 31st night we have booked tickets for Rameswaram through Sree Devi hotel. At their reception I found the package trip per person to Rameswaram is Rs 275 including food. But dude to season time they charged us Rs 350. We were provided 2 seats on Subbu Travels. The scheduled timing was 7.30 am to…
Location: Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu District Headquarter: Dindigul Distance: 138 km from Coimbatore, 500 km from Bangalore, 80 from Palani, 260 km from Ooty, 90 km from Dindigul, 120 km from Madurai, 330 km from Cochin, 1013 km from Hyderabad, 366 km from Tiruvandrum Journey time: Around 11 – 12 hrs by Bus How to…
The royal palace at Thanjavur has a good collection of antique stone sculpture collection from various parts of Tamil Nadu. The oldest I saw was from around 8th century AD. Take a look at few of the sculptures there.
Location: Dindigul District is located at the mid eastern part of Tamil Nadu. It shares boundary with Tiruchirappalli District and Theni District in the south east, Madurai district on the south, Erode district and Karur district in the east, Tiruppur District in the west and the Indian state of Kerela also in the west. District…
This holiday season of 2010, I was planning a trip of 2 – 3 days. I checked for couple of options like Vishakapatnam (vizag) in Andra Pradesh or Thanjavur, Madurai and Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. First went to check train tickets for Vishakhapatnam but no tickets were available. Then we were left with the option…