Mallipattinam is a coastal village in the Pattukkottai taluk of

Thanjavur district Thanjavur District is one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur. The district is located in the delta of the Cauvery River ...

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, India.The popular town near to mallipattinam are

Adirampattinam Adirampattinam is a newly established (Dec 2021) Municipality in the Pattukottai taluk of the Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is also short known by Adirai. It is the largest coastal town in the district and fourth larg ...

.Mallipattinam is 20.5 km distance from its Taluk Main Town

Pattukkottai Pattukkottai () is a major town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and also important town in Delta districts and Commercial town of Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Pudukkottai district Coastal areas. The town came to prominence ...

. Mallipattinam is 66.5 km from its District Main City

Thanjavur 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 ...

, and 362 km from its State Main City

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History

The name Sarabendra Raja was granted to

Serfoji II Serfoji II Bhonsle ( ta, இரண்டாம் சரபோஜி ராஜா போன்ஸ்லே, mr, शरभोजी राजे भोसले (द्वितीय)) (24 September 1777 – 7 March 1832) also spelt as Sarabho ...

. On these ground the place came to known as Sarabendrarajapattinam. The village has two other names : Tulukkanvayal & Caluvanaickan pattinam. As Caluvanaikan pattinam was gateway to the sea route of

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.M.Rajaram, Raju Poundurai, "Manora Maritime History & Architectures", Portuguese, Danish, French and English, all came here and retained their holds in making their respective plotted histories. It was such a condition of war in a medium of commerce and trade that Caluvanaickan Pattinam became a strategic site and attained the status of a port. The Tulukkanvayal village where Muslims, given to sea trading, settled in good numbers. These people were called Chonakas. The coromandel coast population had a great fraction of mohamedans.

Nagore Nagore is a town in the Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located approximately 12 km North of Karaikal and 5 km South of Nagapattinam. Nearby towns are Karaikal, Tiruvarur, and Velankanni. It has a population of appr ...

and like towns certify to this.

Tourism

Manora

Manora Fort was built by Tanjavur Maratha ruler Serfoji II (1777–1832 CE) in 1814–1815 to commemorate the victory of the

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at Waterloo in 1815. The fort acted as a residence for the royal family and also as a light-house. A stone inscription reads "a friend and ally of the British to commemorate triumphs of British Arms and downfall of Bonaparte". The word Manora is believed to be derived from the word minar meaning tower. The fort is hexagonal structure and has eight storeys, raising to a height of 75 ft (23 m) tapering to its top. The tower is surrounded by a wall and a moat ant it resembles a fort. The monument looks like a pagoda, with arched windows, circular staircase and eaves separating one storey from the other. Manora has an eight storied victory tower. The name Manora is derived from the ''minaret'' meaning small ''minar''. From the top of this tower, one has a panoramic view of the palm-fringed

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. The tower has also served as a lighthouse. Manora is located about 15 km east of

Peravurani Peravurani is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Peravurani Taluk and Peravurani (State Assembly Constituency). It is declared as Selection Grade Town Panchay ...

Economy

Fishing Harbour

The main occupation of mallipattinam is fishing in the waters of

. In the Mallipattinam fishing harbor, there are about 213 mechanized fishing boats (12m length), 102 vallam and 967 traditional fishing crafts operating from this jetty, with an annual fish landing of about 5000T.

References

Villages in Thanjavur district {{Thanjavur-geo-stub