Thanjavur. Scores of tourists make a beeline to the showstopper of the
town – the thousand-year-old Brihadeshwara temple. However in the heart
of the erstwhile Chola capital, where Raja Raja Chola’s Big Temple, true
to its name, towers over all and sundry, is a palace, which has very
little to do with the Cholas, historically speaking.
Everything about Thanjavur is larger than life. Besides the Big temple, is the Periya Kottai or the Big Fort, built by the Nayaks who took over the reins of the kingdom from the Cholas. The Aramane built by them in the 16th century became the official residence of the Bhonsle clan of the Marathas, the next dynasty who ruled this region for over 200 years from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
Everything about Thanjavur is larger than life. Besides the Big temple, is the Periya Kottai or the Big Fort, built by the Nayaks who took over the reins of the kingdom from the Cholas. The Aramane built by them in the 16th century became the official residence of the Bhonsle clan of the Marathas, the next dynasty who ruled this region for over 200 years from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
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