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Thanjavur

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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  • Type: City with 223,000 residents
  • Description: City in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Tanjāvūr”, “Tanjor”, “Tanjore”, and “Tanjore, Thanjai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brihadishwara Temple and Government Raja Mirasdar Hospital.

Hindu temple
Photo: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Hospital
is a state-run hospital located in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1876, the hospital has been providing services to various neighbouring districts including Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Tiruchy, Pudukottai, Perambalur, Ariyalur, Cuddalore, Karur and their suburbs.

Railway station
Photo: Nileshantony92, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thanjavur Junction is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a junction railway station in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of and serves Thanjavur, earlier known as Tanjore.

Thanjavur

Latitude
10.786° or 10° 47′ 10″ north
Longitude
79.1382° or 79° 8′ 17″ east
Population
223,000
Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)
IATA airport code
TJV
United Nations Location Code
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: “Thanjavur”
  • 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”
  • 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: “ธานจาวูร์”
  • Turkish: “Thanjavur”
  • Ukrainian: “Тханджавур”
  • Urdu: “تنجاور”
  • Urdu: “تھانجاور”
  • Venetian: “Thanjavur”
  • Vietnamese: “Thanjavur”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Thanjavur”
  • Welsh: “Thanjavur”
  • Western Panjabi: “تنجاور”
  • Western Panjabi: “تنجاوُر”
  • “तंजावुर”

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