Historical accounts suggest a dal-and-vegetable curry was prepared for Sambhaji Raje when he was a prince in the Thanjavur ...

Shortly afterwards, however, his ally and Maratha general Venkoji took the kingdom of Thanjavur for himself, beginning Maratha rule in the region. From 1674 to 1855, the ruling Bhonsle family ...

It was built by the Thanjavur Maratha ruler Serfoji II in 1779 CE ... Politically, the reverend played a big role in bringing the Thanjavur kingdom into the fold of the British Empire, after ...

who ruled from Thanjavur. In 1674, Shivaji was crowned king of the Maratha empire, and began an aggressive campaign in south India, particularly around Bijapur. By 1677, backed by the sultan of ...

Home to the world-famous 11th-century Big Temple, ancient capital of Chola Empire ... upon Thanjavur plains just behind the UNESCO Big Temple site lies the extensible Thanjavur Maratha Palace ...