Things to do in Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu
Tharangambadi, formerly Tranquebar, is a town in the Mayiladuthurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on the Coromandel Coast. It lies 15 kilometres north of Karaikal, near the mouth of a distributary named Uppanar of the Kaveri River.
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- 1Surrender of Tranquebar
The Surrender of Tranquebar or the Capture of Tranquebar was a surrender of the capital of Danish India, Tranquebar, in 1808 to the British East India Company as a result of the English Wars.
- 2Fort Dansborg
Fort Dansborg, locally called Danish Fort, is a Danish fort located in the shores of Bay of Bengal in Tranquebar in the Mayiladuthurai District, state of Tamil Nadu.
- 3Willem Leyel's siege of Dansborg
The siege of Dansborg alternatively the siege of Fort Dansborg sometimes also referred to as Willem Leyel's siege of Dansborg, was a siege initiated by traveler and seafarer, Willem Leyel, against the men loyal to governor Bernt Pessart.
- 4New Jerusalem Church, Tranquebar
The New Jerusalem Church was built in 1718 by the Royal Danish missionary Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg in the coastal town of Tranquebar, India, which was at that time a Danish India colony.
- 5Zion Church, Tharangambadi
Zion Church is one of the oldest churches in Tharangambadi, a Danish settlement in Mayiladuthurai district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
- 6Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple
Amrithakadeeswarar Abhirami Temple (also called Abhirami temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in his manifestation as Kalantaka and his wife Parvati as Abhirami.
- 7Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Thiruvidaikazhi
Subramaniya Swamy Temple, also known as Thiruvidaikazhi Murugan Temple, is a Hindu temple located in the village Thiruvidaikazhi in the Sembanarkoil Block of Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, India.