Thanjavur Reviews

Thanjavur Experience: Destination i really good and a tourist spot.i like this place as this is full of temples and peoples are really friendly..population is very less and we can surely enjoy here

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Food is really very very good in the hotel.i tried all the veg.foods even though i am a non-veg lover.excellent foods

Activities & things to do: Sightseeing

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: From chennai,u have lot of trains that come to thanjavur.lot of volvo buses are available in cmbt.safe place to travel and enjoy.better have the site maps with u

Thanjavur Experience: Thanjavur is one of Tamil Nadu's ancient cities. The 1000-year-old Brihadeeswara temple is a must-see. It is surprising that the palace, which now houses the art gallery, is nowhere in comparison.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Being Diwali eve when we visited, the market road where our hotel was located, was an ideal destination for budget shoppers. Did not see any great shops or eateries though.

Activities & things to do: The temple is one place where you could devote half a day, and for enthusiasts a full day. It is beautifully maintained.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: By road from Chennai via Pondy it is a great experience. Thanjavur being the rice bowl of TN, you can see a lot of paddy fields. It is five hours from Pondicherry by car and one can stop at Kumbakonam, the land of a 1000 temples, en route. There is a small stretch on the grand anicut dam which is narrow and traffic gets delayed.

Thanjavur Experience: Ancient big temple heritage place and art and gallery museam in old fort. also children park near by big temple.overall worth to visit and give the workship to god.a

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Lot of small restarunt around bus stand and railway station. Near old bus stand balaji restaurant with good south indian dishes and ariya bavan also available.

Activities & things to do: Children park near by big temple.overall worth to visit and give the workship to god.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Convinient over night trains are available from Chennai, nearest airport Tiruchy. Well connected by train and bus around near places.

Thanjavur Experience: Thanjavur is a beautiful place on the banks of river Cauvery and it is a cultural center of Tamil Nadu. The big temple is a marvelous site and one should not miss to visit the temple which is regarded as the world heritage site by UNESCO.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Food is okay, mainly south indian type. Things to be purchased in Thanjavur includes famous Thanjavur paintings and dancing dolls. Dancing dolls and many handicraft items can be purchased in road side shops just out side the big temple..

Activities & things to do: Main attraction is the big temple which will keep one wondering how it was built one thousand years ago with limited technology and resources..

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Thanjavur is well connected by rail and road. Lots of nearby tourist places like Kumbakonam, Thiruvyar, Mayiladudurai, Navagraha tempels are situated within a radius of 40 km..

Thanjavur Experience: We visited a number of temples near to Tanjavur & Kumbakonam, Bruhadeswarar temple is world class & Marvellous

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: We stayed at hotel ramnath the new hotel is good

Activities & things to do: Ideal place to visit south/tamilnadu temples on all sides the famous navagruha temple is nearby.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Travel to tanjavur or kumbakonam take a taxi & cover all the navagruha temple in two days.

Thanjavur Experience: A spectacular temple built by the great Rajaraja Chola. The Shiva linga here is awesome. The temple architecture is simply exquisite, there aren't words enough to describe the experience.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: The massive, monolith Nandi is everyone's delight. Take the best camera you have and the bet is you wont want to stop clicking away!!!

Activities & things to do: And dont miss the shops opposite the temple selling the famous Thanjavur 'thalai aatti bommais', traditional dolls that simply wobble without toppling over and other artifacts.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: We took the bus from our hotel. Autos are also available, though need to bargain a bit. And best to visit in the evening, else walking on the courtyard in the blazing sun can take away the will to enjoy.

Thanjavur Experience: The Big Temple built by the Cholas, closeness to Tiruvaiyaru (to visit the music composer Thyagaraja and the old temple there) and closeness to several heritage places - makes Thanjavur a great tourist attraction

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Pommpuhar and other traditional artisans

Activities & things to do: Can experience a variety of cultural activities. Thanjavur is a treasure of Tamil heritage. Visit to nearby Gangaikonda Cholapuram is a great experience

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: By train, bus and private transport. Overnight train journey from Chennai is good.

Thanjavur Experience: Is very nice experience .we participated in music festival which is our dream.we fulfilled it

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: As a South Indian I liked the dishes.

Activities & things to do: Temple and saraswathi mahal are must not to miss to see

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: It is best to go there in thyagaraja swami aradhana time. so that a music lover can participate in music festival with legends.

Thanjavur Experience: Thanjavur is the place which is once ruled by Cholas. They are worshippers of Lord Shiva. Thanjai Periyakoil is an example of their devotion to Lord Shiva. This temple is also an example for Cholas Architecture.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Food - South Indian foods are available. North Indian Foods too is available. Many Hotels are there to cater to the needs of the Food eaters. Near by Velankanni, Nahoor, Vaitheeswaran Temple, Chidambaram Natarajar temple are located

Activities & things to do: Get Down at Tanjure Railway Station. Get into the Hotel Tamil Nadu. Take rest and plan the sight seeing one after another.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Those coming from North can travel from Chennai Egmore to Tanjure by train. They also can travel upto Ariyalur if no through train is available and there after they can get into bus.

Thanjavur Experience: It is a place of Historical importance , a prominent cultural centre of ancient south India, which gives a peek into the glorious past of South Indian culture and religion

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Thanjavur and its neighbouring places offer lot of sight seeing , temples, forts, palaces, cultural centres,

Activities & things to do: Tamil University, is located in Thanjavur, and it will be a useful to visit this centre of learning, there are other places of interest like the museum , nearby places like Thiruvaiyaru, are of cultural centre of music

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: It is advisable for tourist from overseas countries to choose ,December -January period, to go there, for good weather, and to coincide with cultural events that take place there

Thanjavur Experience: We felt great pride to see and present in the architecture marvel created 1000 years ago by Tamil people. Even kids were fascinated.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Food and ambiance is great in Krishna Restaurant. Poombuhar shopping place is very good. We get quality and beautiful handicrafts. Good quality Thanjavur bommai is available here. Thanjavur palace is very poorly maintained.

Activities & things to do: Except Periakovil and Saraswathi mahal nothing is there for visiting

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Nil

Thanjavur Experience: The place was good when compared to chennai the climate was moderate and I am happy when I saw big temple and the park and the people are friendly to me.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: I had food outside the hotel which i stayed and the sight seeing places are good and i took photographs.

Activities & things to do: The hotel must have a map of the sight seeing places and they must have travel desk

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: By bus it is nearby by ,and railway station is walkable distance and there is less private bus service from all the places

Thanjavur Experience: Excellent Histroical and pride of Cholas Kingdom. One of the amazing thing is Periya Koil and Darasuram and Gangai Konda Cholapuram. These temples build by Grand Father, Father and Son.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Excellent

Activities & things to do: Sight seeing of Histroic review.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: By train, car.

Thanjavur Experience: Apart from 'the big temple' there is the art gallery with the collection of stone sculptures.Unless you want to splurge on the usual paintings etc. The stone sculpture collection is a good 'see', if you are interested in that sort of stuff.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Mostly veg options around town. The usual south Indian fare is the best bet to stick to.

Activities & things to do: The art gallery with the collection of sculptures is an interesting place to kill time.The government run parts of the palace are sad as expected. Private enterprise has taken at least some effort to organize things, despite the hilarious description of the crazy whale bone.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: I am guessing Karaikudi might be an interesting detour from here.Or even Picchavaram.

Thanjavur Experience: Visited this Big temple in the last week of Dec 2010. Awesome and I am still recovering ;) This 10th Century temple is on the UNESCO heritage sites. The location of the temple is beautiful and very clean. The Palace, Sarswati Book Library and other places are 2 km from the temple. Chola kings had a passion for building beautiful temples so their palaces are not very impressive.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Visited only the Big Temple. You dont get any eatables inside the temple complex. We went in the morning half but have heard that you need to visit the temple during dusk. Lighting is said to be very good. Outside the temple you get anything and everything. Temple is in the heart of the city.

Activities & things to do: Just walk inside the temple complex and go back in time. Every structure inside is to be admired. Go through all the paintings which are superbly done. See the linga and get blessed. Best part is no one inside the temple forces you to buy any worship items, etc. This is one place where you are left to yourself and you can sit out there and watch the hundreds of tourists come and go. Sit there and visualize how the kings and the town people roamed around during the 10th century. Fascinating. Would take approx half a day to explore the temple and another 2 + hours to see the palace complex. So keep a complete day to visit temple, palace and other surrounding areas.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Since it is in the heart of the city, a rickshaw ride should cost you Rs 40/50. If you are travelling in your private vehicle, no problem. After temple, again you will have to travel 2 km to see the Palace, Sarswati Library (which has old maps and palm leaves - naadi shastra was written) and a museum which has beautiful bronze and other material sculptures. Some entrance fees are charged at the entrance of the palace but no entrance fees to see the temple.

Thanjavur Experience: Tallest and Gigantic old Temple. Wonder how they built when no machines were there! In my view this is one of the wonders of the world. 13 KM away from Thanjavur in Tiruvaiyur there is 10th Century Shiva Temple worth visiting. This temple deserves better maintenance. Palace next to Big Temple has good collection of 9th-10th century bronze idols. A re-assembled Whale's skeleton is very rare item.

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: Genuine Thanjavur paintings, rare books and other items available inside the Palace.

Activities & things to do: Go to Big temple around 5PM watch in sun light. Watch sun set behind the temple. The temple is built such that it is not suppose cast any shadow on the ground.

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: 50 KM from Trichy on NH-67.

Thanjavur Experience: This is very historical place. And very ancient place..

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: we can buy Tanjavur paintings, talaiyatti bomai and lot of things

Activities & things to do: Good

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: Myladudurai Express Thru Bus ->salem->trichy->Thanjavur

Thanjavur Experience: very good tourist centre and good hotels there to stay

Food, sight-seeing and shopping: very good place of sight seeing and historical place there

Activities & things to do: yes more hotels needed and the historical places should be well maintained more and more

Travel tips, How to reach, travel warnings etc: you can enjoy that place well nice and good