Maharajah Serfoji II Memorial Hall, Sadar Mahal Palace Thanjavur-613009.

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Kesar mutton (Kesari mass): Method of Preparation: Cut the m utton into large pieces and boil and cook it well. Remove the mutton pieces and shred it by fingers in the shape of saffron flower or thread. The fibres of the mutton will be like thread if shreded by hand. Mix in it one spoon of salt and grinded paste of chillies, khas-khas seeds in the shreded mutton, mix well and keep aside, place a fry pan on the fire and pour half litre of ghee, and when the ghee gets heated put the mutton shreds and fry them till they turn golden red. In the end pour the juice of one lime fruit and mix them together. Kesar Mutton (Kesari Mass) The name kesar or kesari indicates and strike as a sweet to many people but it is not a sweet dish. It is a light spicy dish. A kind of mutton receipe which is soft like a sponge and has a delicious Yummiee taste which takes few minutes to prepare and said to be kept for a week and eat. Please stay Tuned for the next deli...

Entrance arch to Sadar Mahal Palace

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Marble Statue of  Maharajah Serfoji the second at Thanjavur Art gallery museum, Palace complex. This marble statue was made in 18th century by Italian sculpturist. this statue is divided into 4 portions. View from Beerangi medu. You can see Sarjah Mahal (pink building) built in 1824 A.D by Maratha king Serfoji and Art gallery built 400 years ago at Thanjavur Palace complex Arsenal tower (Art Gallery) also known as 'Koodagopuram' is a 192 feet tall pyramidal structure with eight floors. It was built by Nayaks in 1645 A.D and was used for various military purposes.The top floor was used as a watch tower, and the remaining floors were used to store arms and ammunition. The second floor was exclusively used for the kings martial arts training. Tower was used to keep arm s and ammunition in olden days. In present below the tower is an Art gallery housing stone sculptures and chola period icons and also a Marble Statue of Tanjore Maratha Scholar king Serfoji || The big...

Sacred music Festival was held for 3 days (26th,27th,28th feb 2016) at Thiruvaiyaru few Kms away from Thanjavur. The Photographs are of 2nd day Music performed by Sri.Aditya Prakash disciple of Shri.Pandit Ravi Shankar. The venue Was Pushya Mandapam Ghat along river Cauvery in Thiruvaiyaru. This was built by Maharajah Serfoji II. Pushya Mandapam Ghat is adjoining to this Kalyan Mahal and the Canopies are built during his time. The Kalyan Mahal built by Raja Serfoji II currently house the Rajah's Music College and serves as free boarding & lodging for 250 girl students studying in this college. This dharma is still existing and District Collector as Ex Officio Chairman of Chatram Administration manages the institution.

Thanjavur District Collector N. Subbaiyan inaugurates the renovated Shiva and Ganesh temple of 17th century at Kailash Mahal ( Raja Gori),Thanjavur on 5th February 2016. Kailash Mahal ( Raja Gori) Thanjavur: 1) A group of Shiva Temples of the Thanjavur Maratha dynasty is situated at Vambulancholai on the southern bank of river Vadavar which flows in the Northern periphery of Thanjavur town. This place is called as Kailash Mahal or Raja Gori. 2) These temples, mostly dating from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries are of special significance for the following reasons. 3)The Maratha rulers of Thanjavur are Saivite's who believe that after death, one would attain Sivapadham (the glorious feet of Lord Shiva). These temples were erected exactly at the place where a ruler or his consort were cremated. If the temple was raised in memory of a male member of the family, it housed a Sivalingam and if the shrine was built in memory of a female member, it housed  the idol of ...

     Brahadeshwara Temple  Campus The shrines have rising pyramidal towers crowned with domical roofs. The walls are embellished with the sculptures and paintings. The bronze sculptures and stone Temples of this period are one of the finest in the whole of the south India. The big Temple at Thanjavur which is known as Brahadeshwara Temple is within a huge compound with walls rising above 15m. The Temple is made over a 29m square base and has a soaring vimana and a stunning gopuram. The inner sanctum and the gopuram were constructed over a period of 6 years. A huge statue of Nandi measuring 6m length and 3.7 in height faces the sanctum. The statue of Nandi was created from a single rock piece and weighs 25 tones. It is in fact one of the largest statues of Nandi bulls in India. The Temple also has a spacious ground, number of pillared halls, shrines and 250 lingams.  Photo copyrights reserved,  Maharajah Serfoji 2 memorial hall museum, sadar mahal palace...