02-02-2015, 09:09 AM
Thanjavur Palace on the east main street is a series of large and rambling buildings of fine masonry, built partly by the Nayaks and partly by the Marathas. The entrance is by way of a large quandrangular courtyard. The encircling walls are pierced by big gateways to the north and east. The courtyard leads to a many-pillared hall. A small inner courtyard gives access to a large one.
On the southern side of the third quadrangle is a vimana like building, 190 feet high with eight storeys and it is the Goodagopuram. This was the palace watch tower and also the armoury of the Thanjavur Kings.
The Saraswathi Mahal Library has remarkable collection of about 30,433 sanskrit and other vernacular palm leaf manuscripts and 6,426 printed volumes, besides a large number of journals.
Madamaligai is the tower which rises from the palace roof beyond the Goodagopuram. It has six storeys.
The Sangita Mahal or the Music Hall is a miniature of the surviving court of Thirumalai Nayak's
http://www.tanjore.net/travel/royalpalace.htm
On the southern side of the third quadrangle is a vimana like building, 190 feet high with eight storeys and it is the Goodagopuram. This was the palace watch tower and also the armoury of the Thanjavur Kings.
The Saraswathi Mahal Library has remarkable collection of about 30,433 sanskrit and other vernacular palm leaf manuscripts and 6,426 printed volumes, besides a large number of journals.
Madamaligai is the tower which rises from the palace roof beyond the Goodagopuram. It has six storeys.
The Sangita Mahal or the Music Hall is a miniature of the surviving court of Thirumalai Nayak's
http://www.tanjore.net/travel/royalpalace.htm