Theatres in tanjore

JUPITER:-for fans and first day celebration

AD LABS:-family entertainer

GV STUDIOS:-hollywood to kollywood

RAJA kalaiarangam:-biggest in thanjavur

Vijaya theatre:-redeveloping

THANJAVUR PAINTING

Thanjavur painting is a classical South Indian painting style, which was inaugurated from the town of Thanjavur (anglicized as Tanjore) and spread across the adjoining and geographically contiguous Tamil country.

The art form draws its immediate resources and inspiration from way back about 1600 AD, a period when the Nayakas of Thanjavur under the suzerainty of the Vijayanagara Rayas encouraged art—chiefly, classical dance and music—as well as literature, both in Telugu and Tamil and painting of chiefly Hindu religious subjects in temples.

However, it can safely be surmised that Thanjavur painting, as we know it now, originated in the Maratha court of Thanjavur (1676 - 1855).

It has been recognized as a Geographical indication by the Government of India in 2007-08.

Thanjavur paintings are characterised by rich, flat and vivid colors, simple iconic composition, glittering gold foils overlaid on delicate but extensive gesso work and inlay of glass beads and pieces or very rarely precious and semi-precious gems.

In Thanjavur paintings one can see the influence of Deccani, Vijayanagar, Maratha and even European or Company styles of painting. Essentially serving as devotional icons, the subjects of most paintings are Hindu gods, goddesses, and saints.

Episodes from Hindu Puranas, Sthala-puranas and other religious texts were visualised, sketched or traced and painted with the main figure or figures placed in the central section of the picture (mostly within an architecturally delineated space such as a mantapa or prabhavali) surrounded by several subsidiary figures, themes and subjects.

There are also many instances when Jain, Sikh, Muslim, other religious and even secular subjects were depicted in Tanjore paintings.

Nataraja flanked by Sivagami, circa 19th century

Sikh Gurus with Bhai Bala and Bhai Mardana - 20th century
Thanjavur paintings are panel paintings done on wooden planks, and hence referred to as palagai padam (palagai = "wooden plank"; padam = "picture") in local parlance.

In modern times, these paintings have become souvenirs for festive occasions in South India - colourful pieces of art to decorate walls, and collectors' items for art lovers, as also sadly sometimes, dime-a-dozen bric-a-bracs to be purchased from street corner practitioners.

History

Introduction

Thanjavur has a unique place in the history of Indian painting, in that it houses the 11th century Chola wall paintings in the Brihadeeswarar temple (Periya koyil or Pervudaiyar koyil in Tamil) as also paintings from the Nayak period (many times superimposed on the earlier Chola paintings) dating to the 16th century.

The fall of the Vijayanagar Empire and the sack of Hampi in the Battle of Talikota in 1565 CE resulted in the migration of painters who had been dependent on the patronage of the empire. Some of them migrated to Thanjavur and worked under the patronage of the Thanjavur Nayakas.

Subsequently, the Maratha rulers who defeated the Thanjavur Nayakas began to nurture the Thanjavur atelier.

Needless to say, the artists absorbed the local influences and the individual tastes of their Maratha patrons which helped evolve the unique Thanjavur style of painting.

The Thanjavur artists in addition to decorating temples also began painting and decorating the major buildings, palaces, chatrams and residences of the Maratha kings and nobility.

Nayaka period paintings in the Peruvudaiyar Koil

Processional scene with Amar Singh, ruler of Thanjavur (1787-98) and Sarabhoji (1798-1832) - note the gilded chariots being pulled by Bulls

Vijayanagara Rayas

The Vijayanagar empire, founded by Harihara and Bukka, was for long a bulwark against the rapidly advancing Islamic influence from the nearby Deccan and the farther North. While the foreign influences did gradually percolate into the Peninsular South, the Vijayanagar empire ensured that the older Hindu artistic traditions were protected and preserved. The empire had reached its zeni

SIVAGANGA PARK

  
(Tamil: சிவகங்கை பூங்கா)
 
Sivaganga park  is a recreational park in the city of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, India. It adjoins the Brihadeeswarar Temple, a popular tourist   destination.
 
History

The Sivaganga Park was created as a people's park by the Tanjore municipality in 1871-72.

It is situated to the east of the 11th century Brihadeeswarar Temple and encompasses the Sivaganga Tank believed to have been built by the Medieval Chola king Raja Raja Chola.

In the initial days, the park was not maintained as the locality was overcrowded and ill-ventilated.However, the park is fairly maintained now.

As a part of the makeover operations in the lead up to the 1994 World Tamil Conference, motor boating facilities were introduced in the Sivaganga Tank

Facilities

A toy train, motor boating facilities and a miniature zoological garden are located within the park.

The Thanjavur Municipal Library is also situated within the precincts of the park.

THANJAVUR MEDICAL COLLEGE CURE IT

Thanjavur Medical College

TypeMedical college and hospital

Established1958

LocationThanjavur, India

Thanjavur Medical College (TMC) is one of the prominent medical colleges in Tamil Nadu,India.It is located in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu and is affiliated with the Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai.

It is one of the oldest medical colleges in Tamil Nadu and has a name on its own merit. It caters to the medical needs of districts ofThanjavur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Perambalurand Pudukkottai.

It is established & operated byGovernment of Tamil Nadu through Tamil Nadu Directorate of Medical Education

The foundation stone for the medical college building was laid in 1958 by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the then-president of India. Sanction for the college was given by late Kamaraj, former chief minister.

Parisutham Nadar, the then-MLA of Thanjavur contributed the deposit money for the college and donated 89 acres of land through the Rotary Club of Thanjavur to the college.

Started with 650 beds in the 1960s, the college has emerged into an institution of higher learning in medicine and research with a bed strength of 300.

Thanjavur Medical College Hospital is a referral teaching hospital. Proposals for starting a trauma care hospital and cancer hospital are pending with the government.

The initial intake for the undergraduate courses was a mere 75 boys and 25 girls which has today risen to 150, with the number of girls outnumbering the boys. All the departments have postgraduate degrees and diploma courses.

Hospital

The Thanjavur Medical College Hospital (TMCH) and the Government Raja Mirasudar Hospital (RMH) are affiliated to the college. These hospitals are among the topnotch hospitals in Thanjavur.

They are known to provide medical and therapeutic services. In the year 2006-07, about 5864 major and 3747 minor surgeries took place in Thanjavur Medical College. The Raja Mirasdar Hospital witnessed about 38065 surgeries in 2006-07.

Trauma cases account for 90 percent of the inpatient admission daily in the hospital. this is a hospital

The New Hospital Building at TMC

The medical college campus covers an area of 1 km². It is located on the western edge of Thanjavur city.

The Thanjavur Medical College Hospital is situated on the southern edge of the campus.

A new hospital complex at Thanjavur Medical College campus started functioning from the first week of June 2010.

Constructed at a cost of Rs. 38 crore, the buildings include a 300-bed hospital, provisions for the functioning of all specialty departments, out-patient ward, laboratory buildings, etc.

Hospital sources said that super-specialty departments to be shifted to the new buildings are Neuro Surgery, Neurology, Urology, Nephrology, Medical Gastroenterology, Surgical Gastroenterology, Thoracic Medicine, Oto-Rhino-Laryngology (ENT), Cardiology, Cardio Thoracic Medicine, casualty block, laboratories and all outpatient wards.

Rajah Mirasudhar Government Hospital in town where ENT, gynaecology and paediatrics departments are functioning will be left only with gynaecology and paediatrics.

Campus

Hostel Fleming is the biggest hostel in TMC and is on the eastern edge of the campus. Hostel Paradise and House of Lords are the other two hostel for men.

Hostel Skylark and Hostel Paragon are the women's Hostel. The CRRI or House Surgeon's Hostels are for men and women.

TMC has vast expanses of land that was recently cleared of all the sludge and made green by a drive of the corporation. The college ground is vast.

Four gates allow entry into the college from the Thanjavur-Vallam Road.

TANJORE PLATES

Tanjore Metal Plates of Tamil Nadu
The creation of the Tanjore metal plate is credited to Raja Serfoji II (1797-1832)

the Maratha ruler of Thanjavur (or Tanjore), who asked his royal artisans to create an object that would reflect the glory of his kingdom.

Silver, brass, and copper are encrusted on to each other to create this stunning piece of art.

The effect of silver in high relief on the reddish copper ground is unusual and striking. Artisans of the Vishwakarma community follow this hereditary profession in Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu).

This metal plate has as its base a plate of brass prepared by a heavy-metal worker";" the relief on copper is worked upon by a jeweller while the encrusting is done by a stone-setter with silver. All the three processes could even be carried out by a single craftsman also.

The tools involved include hammers, pincers, moulds, punches, chisels, grinding stones and a forge

The first stage involves cutting the base to the size of plate planned and polishing its front side. It is then fixed firmly to an asphalt bed with a wooden base which is then heated with a blow pipe and levelled so that the basic design die is prepared. The silver and copper sheets are then cut to the size, heated slightly before being cast into an impression on to the die.

The impression thus achieved is finished by etching and refining the embossing with the aid of chisels and punches.
The next stage involves encrusting and superimposing the metal sheet(s). This is done by filling with wax made of brick powder, gingili oil, and frankincense the hollow depressions at the back of the relief sheet.

The relief sheet is then placed on the base plate and riveted on by punching along the grooves. This is then followed by the final polishing.

Designs on the central circular metallic disc may include a representation of deities like Nataraja, Saraswati, Ashta Lakshmi and Ganapaty while the designs around the central motif can be from the pantheon of Hindu deities or floral designs.

Besides plates, other products such as bowls, boxes, key chains and paper weights are made using the same technique.ns, and paper weights --- are made using the same technique.

Logos and emblems of corporate houses and organisations have also been embossed.

PLANT TREES SAVE WORLD (PATTUKKOTTAI)

Green Thanjavur is the name due to its resource

Resource refers many topics but here we deal with agriculture,historical background,structure

Based on agriculture:-

now a days many family's basic income is from agriculture in Pattukkottai circle but the next generations are now moving towards the city and other works instead of agriculture that makes me very unhappy

This leads to the decrease in the agricultural fields and cattles

So I request everybody reading this information please plant at least a single plant for a year

You may be from any part of the world but please plant trees

If you done this. your contribution to this world is valuable than anything in this world

PLANT TREES SAVE WORLD

HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE:-

Thanjavur has the work of awesome THE BIG TEMPLE. It is long time symbol of thanjavur

Many other unknown temples and great stories are hidden in Thanjavur .

I have some informations about it. I will publish it in the upcoming days

It is the capital of chola kingdom

Interesting and unexpected news are there about TANJORE we will see it in upcoming days

STRUCTURE:-
the big temple is the centre of thanjavur.it is the city core as we move outwards the green fields are there

More specific informatioms are on the way

TAMIL UNIVERSITY THE PRIDE

Tamil university

Motto உள்ளுவதெல்லாம் உயரவுள்ளல்
Motto in English
Whatever you think, think it in a big way

Type Public

Established1981

LocationThanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

AffiliationsUGC

Websitewww.tamiluniversity.ac.in

The Tamil University, Thanjavur, in Tamil Nadu, India, was established to provide higher research in the Tamil language and advanced study in allied branches such as linguistics, translation, lexicography, music, drama and manuscriptology.

M.Phil and Ph.D programmes were introduced in 1992 for disciplines such as Language, Literature, Translation, and Sculpture.

The university has six science departments namely Industries and Earth Sciences, Computer Science, Environmental and Herbal Science, Siddha Medicine, Ancient Sciences and Architecture.

The Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences and Technology Cell, an autonomous body supported by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi is under the Department of Industries and Earth Sciences.

Language Faculty Building

The university is situated in a campus of about 900 acres (3.6 km2), granted by the State government of Tamil Nadu, making it the largest university in the state by area. Buildings and blocks for the administrative and academic departments are located in the campus.

The administrative block with its gopuram motif can be seen from the National Highway connecting Thanjavur with Trichy. The library is reminiscent of the Indian Parliament at New Delhi.The Karikalan Gallery, built on the occasion of the World Tamil Conference is capable of accommodating about 2000 people.

History

The Tamil language, in the south of India is known for its antiquity, its richness of vocabulary and its classical literature. For a long time these qualities were not known to the world outside. Orientalists such as Max Mueller, Keith and even Edwin Arnold identified the literature of India with Sanskrit only.

It is this neglect of Tamil in the British period that motivated a meeting of Tamil scholars at Thanjavur to consider starting a university for the development and growth Tamil in August, 1925. But, perhaps due to the lack of patronage from the government, the plan did not materialise.

In post-independent India, in September 1981, the location of the Tamil University was chosen on the outskirts of Thanjavur. The Tamil Nadu State Assembly unanimously passed the Tamil University Act in the second week of September 1981 and the first Vice-Chancellor took office a week later, The University Grants Commission gave recognition to the university in 1983.

Faculty

Arts

#Department of Sculpture
#Department of Music
#Department of Drama
ManuscriptologyEdit
#Department of Palmleaf Manuscriptology
#Department of Rare Paper Manuscriptology
#Department of Epigraphy
#Department of Underwater Archaeology Centre
#Developing TamilEdit
#Department of Tamil Studies in Foreign Countries
#Department of Translation
#Department of Lexicography
#Department of Social Science
$Department of Scientific Tamil and Tamil Development
#Department of Education

Language

#Department of Literature
#Department of Linguistics
#Department of Philosophy
#Department of Tribal Research Centre
#Department of School of Indian Languages
#Department of Folklore

Science

#Department of Siddha Medicine
#Department of Ancient Science
#Department of Industries and Earth Sciences
#Department of Computer Science
#Department of Architecture
#Department of Environmental and Herbal Science

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