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Padmanabhapuram Palace, also known as Kalkulam Palace, is a Travancore-era palace located in Padmanabhapuram in the Kanyakumari district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The palace is owned, controlled and maintained by the Kerala Government. Padmanabhapuram is the former capital city of the erstwhile kingdom of Travancore.
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Another important source of studying ancient Tamil history are the coins that have been found in recent years in the excavations, megaliths, hoards and surface. The coins belonging to the Sangam age, found in Tamil Nadu are generally classified into three categories.
The east coast of Tamil Nadu was one of the areas affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, during which almost 8000 people died in the disaster. [112] The sixth most populous state in the Indian Union, Tamil Nadu was the seventh-largest economy in 2005 among the states of India. [113]
Sarangapani temple, Kumbakonam. The Sanctum sanctorum is designed like Chariot, Chola architecture These are the two surviving Hindu temples of the pre-Pallava period namely, Veetrirundha Perumal Temple and Murugan temple at Saluvankuppam. These temples are one of the oldest ones in Tamil Nadu. Part of a series on Tamils History History of Tamil Nadu History of Sri Lanka Sources of ancient ...
Currently known as Tamil Nadu Archives/Department of Archives & Historical Research 67 Royapuram fire temple: 1910 [49] Hormusji Nowroji Royapuram: The first and the only fire temple in the city. 68 Ripon Building: Indo-Saracenic: 1913 G.S.T Harris Park Town: Built at a cost of ₹ 750,000. 69 Kilpauk Water Works: 1914 Kilpauk
Four-armed Vishnu, Pandya Dynasty, 8th–9th century CE.. The Pandyan kingdom was one of the three major empires of the Tamil dynasty in Tamil Nadu, India. [3] Pandya, meaning 'big' or 'strong', is the oldest of these empires, prevailing for what is estimated to be four to five centuries. [2]
Padmanabhapuram Palace. Padmanabhapuram (Malayalam: [pɐd̪mɐnaːbʰɐpuɾɐm]) is a town and a municipality near Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 21,342. Padmanabhapuram was the capital of Travancore state in the past.