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

prince pratap sinha rajebhosle receiving the certificate of completing  the "40th refresher course on museum conservation and preservation (organised by goverment of tamil nadu) from education minister K.C veeramani. next to minister, Dr.kartickeyan I.A.S, commIssioner of archaeology and J.R ashokan additional secretary egmore govt museum are seen

third king of thanjavur, maharajah serfoji 1 (1712-1728 A.D) third king of thanjavur, maharajah serfoji 1, ruled tanjore from 1712-1728 A.D. after the death of shahaji ll in 1712 he having no issue of his own was succeeded by his brother serfoji 1 who was his representative at shahakottai fort a few miles west of kumbakonam. his other younger brother tukkoji was similarly a representative of shahaji at mahadeva pattinam fort near mannargudi. serfoji 1 ruled  thanjavur with the help of his brother tukkoji. he followed his late brother shahaji ll's domestic policy and in foreign affairs he took part in the politics of ramnad sethupathi. in a war of succession between the sons of kilavan sethupathi of ramnad, serfoji 1 placed bhavani shanker on the throne and divided the sethupathy's territories into three parts, one taken by serfoji 1, the other to the ramnad sethupathi,while the third was made into a new zamindari of sivaganga. the expendition to ramnad was ably conducted...

SERFOJI'S VISIT TO REV.SWARTZ IN THE LATER'S DEATH-BED

tanjore brahadeshwara temple brief explaination: the chola dynasty ruled from AD 900-1150. the zenith of the chola temple architecture can be seen at thanjavur. it was the capital established by the chola ruler Rajaraja 1. the shrines have rising pyramidal towers crowned with domical roofs. the walls are embellished by 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 is within a huge compound with walls rising above 15m. the temple is made over a 29 m square base and has a soaring vimana and a stunted gopuram. the inner sanctum and the gopuram were constructed over a period of 12 years. it was constructed from a single piece of granite weighing around 80 tunes. the dome was hauled into place along a 4 km earth work ramp in a manner similar to the egyptian pyramids. a huge statue of nandi measuring 6m length and 3.7 m in height faces the inner sancttum.the st...

OPHTHALMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF RAJAH SERFOJI 2:   clinical photograph showing a case of leucoma  clinical photograph showing a case of spring catarrh  clinical photograph showing a case of pterygium  clinical photograph showing ophthalmic purulentis  clinical photograph showing a case of proptosis photograph showing preparation and composition of blue pills Add caption clinical photograph showing a case of corneal ulcer (pre and post treatment) To investigate and describe the ophthalmic contribution of Raja Serfoji II (1798-1832). A team of 2 ophthalmologists, director of laboratory services, one archeologist and a photographer visited Sarasvathi Mahal Library, March 2004. Photographs of ophthalmic records were taken and analysed Ophthalmic records forty four patients were found. The age of the patients ranged from 5 to 60 years. Six records were written in Modi script, 38 in English and 18 drawings were found. Ophthalmic terminology us...

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