Hotel Gnanam - Tanjore

Article by Ms. Uma Sridharan

Anna Salai, Thanjavur 613 001
04362 – 278501/2/3/4
04362 – 278505/6/7/8

Facilities:
The hotel is situated in the heart of the city.
Air conditioned and spacious 40 rooms, with all amenities including round the clock room service.
The hotel provides a spacious car park.
There are three conference halls according to the number of guests and type of programme.

Exclusive Vegetarian Restaurant Diana Bar & Multi-Cuisine Restaurant Conference Hall & Board Room Air-Conditioned Rooms with Temperature Control 24 hours Room Service Broadband Internet Facilities Centre Direct Dialing with STD & ISD Satellite Channels Safe Deposit Locker Doctor on Call Laundry Service Spacious Car Parking Travel Desk Sight Seeing Major Credit Card Accepted Checkout Time 24 hours Broadband Internet Center

Hotel Oriental Towers - Tanjore

2889, Srinivasam Pillai Road Thanjavur  613 001 Phone: 04362 – 230724 / 231467 / 231950 Email: reservations@hotelorientaltowers.com The best part of this hotel is its eleven storied high rise building which offers a breath taking view of the ancient Chola Capital. A choice of 135 centrally air conditioned rooms ranging from suite rooms, deluxe rooms and standard rooms. Mullai Restaurant is multi cuisine restaurant, serves  Indian, Moghul, Continental and tandoor foods. Marutham Restaurant serves pure vegetarian food Kurinji Restaurant serves Indian and tandoor foods. Banana Pub is there for high spirits. Four spacious conference halls for meetings, conferences, seminars and training programmes

Other facilities & Services - 24 hrs room service, modern laundry service, safety lockers, travel desk, high speed wireless broadband access facility, money exchange, doctor on call, shopping arcade & acceptance of all major credit cards

Hotel Parisutham - Tanjore

Hotel Parisutham
 G.A. Canal Road, Thanjavur - 613 001.

Telephone: +91-4362-231801, 231844 (10 Lines)

Fax: +91-4362-230318

E-Mail: htparisutham@sify.com Facilities: Centrally air-conditioned rooms, multicuisine restaurants, Safe deposit lockers, round the clock room service and spacious car park. For those who enjoys a swim, there is an exquisite   swimming pool inside the hotel.  The hotel offers a state of the art conference hall for all types of meetings, conferences, seminars and training programmes.

Tanjore or Thanjavur - Rice Bowl of South India

<sup>Article by Ms. Uma Sridharan

Thanjavur is known as the Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu. It was the capital of Cholas. With rich cultural heraitage, Thanjavur is full of temples most important is the Big Temple or Periya Kovil in tamil. The deity is Sri Brahadeeswar. This temple was built by Raja Raja Chola, in the year A.D 1010. The height of the temple tower or vimanam is 216 ft height.

The huge Nandhi statue at he entrance of the temple is carved out of single stone.
Manora: This eight storied tower known as 'tholla kaadhu mandapam' locally was built by Maratha King Serforji in the 1814. 

SARASWATHI MAHAL LIBRARY: Sarasvati Mahal Library is one of the few medieval Libraries that exist in the world.The Encyclopaedia Brittanica  mention this as "the most remarkable library in India. "  Started as a Royal Palace Library during the Nayak Kingdom over Thanjavar (1535-1673 A. D.). later developed by Marata Kings. There are nearly 47,000 manuscripts in palm leaves. A small museum is situated in the library to y displaying various rare artifacts.Rare manuscripts, books, beautifully decorated Thanjavur style of paintings in paper, wood, glass and canvass, illustrated manuscripts like Gaja Sastra, Asva Sastra, Mythological paintings, Botonical specimen paintings, Military costumes, Ramˆyana in miniature paintings, Rare maps, sketches and prints are displayed in this museum.</sup>

^{Thanjavur Maratha palace: originally constructed by the Nayaks, later it became the residence of Maratha Kings.}

^{Bangaru Kamakshi: Bangaru Kamakshi Temple is one of the popular religious sites in Thanjavur.The idol of Bangaru Kamakshi is made of pure gold. Bangaru means god in Telugu}