Thanjavur

Thanjavur, also known as Thanjai or Tanjore, is a historic Chola-era city in , 342 km from . It is also considered the granary and 'rice bowl' of Tamil Nadu.
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  • City with 223,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 57 metres (187 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code TJV
  • Description: City in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as
    “Tanjāvūr”
    “Tanjor”
    “Tanjore”
    “Tanjore, Thanjai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brihadisvara Temple and Government Raja Mirasdar Hospital.

Hindu temple
Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0.
, called Rajarajesvaram by its…

Hospital
is a state-run hospital located in Thanjavur, , India.

Railway station
Photo: Nileshantony92, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thanjavur Junction is an NSG–3 category Indian railway…

Thanjavur

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Latitude
10.786° or 10° 47′ 10″ north
Longitude
79.1382° or 79° 8′ 17″ east
UN/LOCODE
IN TJV
Open location code
7J2XQ4PQ+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245587589
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1254649
Wiki­data ID
Q41496

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Thanjavur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ثانجافور”
  • Arabic: “ثنجفور”
  • Armenian: “Թանջավուր”
  • Asturian: “Thanjavur”
  • Basque: “Thanjavur”
  • Bengali: “তাঞ্জাবুর”
  • Bengali: “থাঞ্জাভুর”
  • Bhojpuri: “तंजावुर”
  • Bishnupriya: “থানজাবুর”
  • Catalan: “Thanjavur”
  • Cebuano: “Thanjāvūr”
  • Chinese: “坦加布尔”
  • Chinese: “坦嘉夫尔”
  • Chinese: “坦嘉夫爾”
  • Chinese: “坦賈武爾”
  • Chinese: “坦贾武尔”
  • Czech: “Taňčávúr”
  • Czech: “Tanjore”
  • Czech: “Thanjavur”
  • Danish: “Tanjore”
  • Danish: “Thanjavur”
  • Dutch: “Thanjavur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ثنجفور”
  • Esperanto: “Tanĝavur”
  • Estonian: “Tanjore”
  • Estonian: “Thanjavur”
  • Estonian: “Thanjāvūr”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Thanjavur”
  • Finnish: “Tanjore”
  • Finnish: “Thanjavur”
  • French: “Tanjavur”
  • French: “Tanjavûr”
  • French: “Tanjore”
  • French: “Thanjavur”
  • Georgian: “ტანჯავური”
  • German: “Tancavur”
  • German: “Tanchavur”
  • German: “Tanjavoor”
  • German: “Tanjavur”
  • German: “Tanjore”
  • German: “Thanjavur”
  • Greek: “Τάντζαβουρ”
  • Gujarati: “તાંજાવુર”
  • Gujarati: “તાંજોર”
  • Gujarati: “થંજાવુર”
  • Hebrew: “תאנג’אבור”
  • Hebrew: “תנג’אבור”
  • Hindi: “तंजावुर”
  • Hindi: “तंजावूर”
  • Hindi: “तंजौर”
  • Hungarian: “Tandzsávúr”
  • Indonesian: “Thanjavur”
  • Irish: “Thanjavur”
  • Italian: “Tanjore”
  • Italian: “Thanjavur”
  • Japanese: “タンジャーヴール”
  • Japanese: “タンジョール”
  • Kannada: “ತಂಜವೂರು”
  • Kannada: “ತಂಜಾವೂರು”
  • Kannada: “ತಿರುವರೂರು”
  • Kashmiri: “تھانجاور”
  • Korean: “탄자부르”
  • Korean: “탄조르”
  • Ladin: “Thanjavur”
  • Latvian: “Tandžavura”
  • Lithuanian: “Tandžavuras”
  • Magahi: “तञ्जावूरु”
  • Magahi: “तञ्जावूर्”
  • Magahi: “तञ्जौर”
  • Malagasy: “Thanjavur”
  • Malay: “Thanjavur”
  • Malayalam: “Thanjavur‍”
  • Malayalam: “തഞ്ചാവൂർ”
  • Marathi: “तंजावर”
  • Marathi: “तंजावुर”
  • Marathi: “तंजावूर”
  • Marathi: “तांजोर”
  • Marathi: “थन्जावुर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Thanjavur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thanjavur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thanjavur”
  • Norwegian: “Thanjavur”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Thanjavur”
  • Oriya: “ଥାଞ୍ଜାବର”
  • Pampanga: “Tanjore”
  • Pampanga: “Thanjavur”
  • Panjabi: “ਤੰਜਾਵੁਰ”
  • Persian: “تانجاوور”
  • Polish: “Tańdźawur”
  • Polish: “Tanjavur”
  • Polish: “Thanjavur”
  • Portuguese: “Tanjavur”
  • Portuguese: “Tanjore”
  • Portuguese: “Thanjavur”
  • Romanian: “Thanjavur”
  • Russian: “Танджавур”
  • Russian: “Танджор”
  • Russian: “Танджур”
  • Russian: “Тханджавур”
  • Serbian: “Thanjavur”
  • Serbian: “Танџавур”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Thanjavur”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Thanjore”
  • Silesian: “Tańdźawur”
  • Sinhala: “තැන්ජවුර්”
  • Slovenian: “Thandžavur”
  • Spanish: “Thanjavur”
  • Swedish: “Tanjore”
  • Swedish: “Thanjavur”
  • Tamil: “தஞ்சாவூர்”
  • Tamil: “தஞ்சை”
  • Telugu: “తంజావూరు జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “తంజావూరు”
  • Thai: “ตัญจาวูร”
  • Thai: “ธานจาวูร์”
  • Turkish: “Thanjavur”
  • Ukrainian: “Тханджавур”
  • Urdu: “تنجاور”
  • Urdu: “تھانجاور”
  • Venetian: “Thanjavur”
  • Vietnamese: “Thanjavur”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Thanjavur”
  • Welsh: “Thanjavur”
  • Western Panjabi: “تنجاور”
  • Western Panjabi: “تنجاوُر”

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