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Government Raja Mirasdar Hospital
Government Raja Mirasdar 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. History In 1878, Tanjore Thanjavur (), also Tanjore, Pletcher 2010, p. 195 is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is the 11th biggest city in Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is an important center of South Indian religion, art, and architecture. Most of the Gr ... Collector Mr. Henry Sullivan Thomas decided to build a hospital in Tanjore to cater the needs of the people of Tanjore district, he requested the Tanjore-Maratha Queen, Kamatchi Amba Bai for the help and the Queen donated her 40-acre property to the British to build the hospital. Tanjore Raja family's charity contributed Rs. 30,000. The collector contacted famous mirasdars of Tanjore for don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)
Thanjavur District was one of the districts in the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the area of the present-day districts of Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Aranthangi taluk, Karambakkudi taluk of Pudukkottai District in Tamil Nadu. Apart from being a bedrock of Hindu orthodoxy, Tanjore was a centre of Chola cultural heritage and one of the richest and most prosperous districts in Madras Presidency. Tanjore district was constituted in 1799 when the Thanjavur Maratha ruler Serfoji II ceded most of his kingdom to the British East India Company in return for his restitution on the throne. Tanjore district, which is situated on the Cauvery Delta, is one of the richest rice-growing regions in South India. It was scarcely affected by famines such as the Great Famine of 1876–78. Geography The Tanjore District was bounded by the districts of South Arcot in the north, Trichinopoly to the west and south and the Pudukkottai State and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiruppanandal Adheenam
The Thiruppanandal Adheenam is a Saivite monastic institution based in the town of Thiruppanandal in Tamil Nadu, India. As of 2003, the Thiruppanandal Adheenam was one of the biggest landowning agencies in Thanjavur district. It is one of largest land managing agency. Activities The Adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically ''Thevaram'' and ''Tiruvasakam'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship. The Adheenam along with Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam and Dharmapuram Adheenam Dharumapuram Aadheenam is a Saivite monastic institution based in the town of Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu. As of 2019, there were a total of 27 Shiva temples under the control of the adheenam. History & activities The adheenam was founded dur ... were founded during the 16th century to spread the ideology of Saiva Sidhantam. Notes Hindu monasteries in India Organisations based in Tamil Nadu Thanjavur district Shaivism Organizations with year of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadar Estate
Poraiyar Nadar's estate (Tamil: பொறையார் நாடார் எஸ்டேட்), popularly known as Nadar estate was one of the largest zamindari estate in the erstwhile Tanjore district of Madras Presidency, British India. Headquartered in the village of Poraiyar, Mayiladuthurai district (Previously Thanjavur district), Nadar's estate covered a total area of 7000 acres in the Cauvery delta region. History The patriarch of the Nadar estate was Vellaiya Nadar, he was an ''abkari'' contractor, he established several distillery industries across South India, following Vellaiya Nadar, the Poraiyar Nadar estate remained as one of the biggest distillers of British India for more than a century. Porayar Nadar estate's V. Thavasumuthu Nadar bought the Ariyalur Zamin in the court auction and became the Zamindar of Ariyalur. Poraiyar Nadar Estate has held the title of Zamindar of Ariyalur for half a century. Thavasumuthu Nadar was a philanthropist, he desired to develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poondi Estate
Poondi estate is a permanently settled ''zamindari'' estate in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so .... It is administered by the Vandayar family of the kallar caste. * See also * Rao Bahadur V. Appasamy Vandayar * K. Thulasiah Vandayar * A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College References * Zamindari estates Thanjavur district {{Thanjavur-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
