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  1. I stayed in Thanjavur in the mid nineties for couple of years and this post took me back to those days. Despite the place seeped in history and culture, much needs to be done on the cleanliness front, The sad and sorry state of affairs come to the fore as you as one steps into the old bus stand. Callousness and apathy on the local bodies to ignore the rich tourism potential of the Cheras, cholas and pandians!

    1. Yes a lot can be done, especially to promote this town. I faced a lot of difficulty in communicating with the people at the tourist office or at ticket counter, no one spoke English it was extremely difficult for me to use maps to locate important landmarks. There were also packs of stray dogs at the palace, these were about to pounce on my daughter..

      1. India, on the whole, a lot needs to be done to promote tourism..right now the Hampi festival is going on here in Karnataka and there are helicopter rides to the famous Virupaksha temple, but the sorry state of affairs is that there are no basic amenities like water, good hotels…bad potholed roads…

  2. 1. Painted ceiling photo: is not Marathi art. It’s also Nayaka’s art.
    2. Sarjah Madi: This building was under Chola’s period. For clarification you can refer with Nayaka’s Architect.
    3. Artefect photo: All items are belongs to Nayak Kings.
    Please above comments observe and you can rectified as per.
    Thank You.

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