Tanjore Palace

City of Tanjore is very ancient and situated in the state of Tamil Nadu. Tanjore is very famous for Tanjore paintings which are a unique style. Tanjore is an ideal for travel and tourism as it is also popular for things like Thavil repercussion instrument, classical string musical instrument Veena and Tanjore dolls.

Tanjore palace is a very famous tourist spot in Tanjore. The palace is a very vast building of masonry built partly by the Nayaks in 15th century. The Maratha rulers built the other part. The palace is an architectural marvel and many come here just to admire the palace.

The palace is a massive structure having huge halls. The palace also has many wide corridors, shady courtyards and high observation towers. There are many sections in ruins in the Tanjore palace. Many parts of the palace are being restored and measures are taken to protect the historical monument.

The art gallery in the palace is worth a visit. There are many granite and bronze statues of the Chola period in the gallery. These statues give you a glimpse of the craftsmanship during the Chola rule. There is a library in the palace called as the Saraswati Mahal library. There are some very old manuscripts in the library and there are over 30, 000 palm leaves and paper manuscripts in there. There are books in Indian and European languages in this library. There is a hall of music in the palace that is acoustically perfect.

There is another museum in the palace worth a visit. This museum is called as the Royal museum of Tanjore. This museum has a mixed collection of manuscripts, weapons, dresses, utensils, musical instruments and other very interesting things. All these things once belonged to the royal families of Tanjore. This royal memorabilia is a real eye catcher and fascinates tourists coming to Tanjore palace.

Tanjore is well connected to important places by state highways and National highways. Tamil Nadu Transport Corporation and other Transport Corporations provide bus services to various places to and from Tanjore bus station. There are many private buses to Tanjore and you can take one from Trichy. You can also hire a private car or a taxi and reach the place. Tanjore has a well laid out rail network links with all the important cities. There is a railway junction at this place and it is well connected to all the important places in Tamil Nadu. The nearest airport to Tanjore is the Trichy airport. It is just 65 kms from Tanjore. Many private and public airlines operate on this route. There are a number of domestic flights to and from Trichy. Some international airlines too operate on this route to Trichy. It has air services from places like Middle East, Colombo and other important places. Other important airports near Tanjore are Chennai airport and Madurai.