Kanjanur is a village in the
Thiruvidaimarudur taluk of
Thanjavur district,
Tamil Nadu,
India. It is situated on the northern bank of the
Kaveri River
The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicized name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri river rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu dist ...
about north-east of
Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum) or Kudanthai is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the States of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Chennai and is the headq ...
. It is one of the nine ''Navagrahasthalas'' of the Cauvery Delta and is famous for its
Agniswarar temple dedicated to
Shukra (
Venus). The temple is one of the "
Navagraha temples
Navagraha (Pron: nævəˈgrɑ:ə) pilgrimages are pilgrimages devoted to Navagraha—the nine (nava) major celestial bodies (Grahas) of Hindu astronomy. These temples are made of stone. These celestial bodies are named Surya (Sun), Chandra (Moon) ...
" of the Cauvery Delta. To the north of Kanjanur, are a series of low hillocks high.
Magnesite
Magnesite is a mineral with the chemical formula (magnesium carbonate). Iron, manganese, cobalt, and nickel may occur as admixtures, but only in small amounts.
Occurrence
Magnesite occurs as veins in and an alteration product of ultramafic ro ...
deposits have discovered in these hills.
References
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Villages in Thanjavur district