Tanjore

Tanjore (Tanjūr or Tanjāvūr), a town of India, capital of a district in the Madras province, 180 miles SSW. of Madras city, in the midst of an extensive plain, on one of the branches of the lower Kaveri. The principal edifices of Tanjore are the great temple, described with an illustration at PAGODA, the palace of the old rajahs, and a dismantled fort. Silks, jewellery, carpets, copper vessels, and artistic models in clay, &c. are manufactured. Pop. (1881) 54,745; (1891) 54,060.