Thanjavur

Best time to visit

October to March

Getting there & around

• Road — Thanjavur to Darasuram: 40 km — Verify whether your Kumbakonam entry covers it; if not, a component of a UNESCO property falls between two destinations.
• Road — Thanjavur to Gangaikonda Cholapuram: 70 km — THE THIRD COMPONENT, AND IT IS NOT IN YOUR 50. Rajendra Chola's temple, completed 1035, with the curving vimana UNESCO contrasts against this one. A three-part site would sit two-thirds covered.
• Road or auto — Temple to palace: Two separate visits. The library sits inside the palace campus.
• Road — Thanjavur to Punnainallur: 7 km — Built by the first Maratha king Venkoji in 1680 — the Maratha layer, close by.

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