Hindu Temples in Thanjavur, India — Find 150+ Sacred Sites

Hindu Temples in Thanjavur

Thanjavur was the imperial capital of the Chola dynasty during the 9th–13th centuries and remains an architectural heart of South Indian temple Hinduism. The city’s defining structure is the Brihadisvara Temple, completed in 1010 CE by the emperor Rajaraja Chola and inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the ‘Great Living Chola Temples’ — its 66-metre vimana tower was, for centuries, among the tallest temple superstructures in the world. Beyond the Brihadisvara, Thanjavur’s temple landscape includes the Punnainallur Mariamman Temple in the eastern suburbs, the Bangaru Kamakshi shrine within the city, and dense networks of small Amman, Vinayagar, and Murugan temples tied to the agricultural villages of the surrounding Cauvery delta. The page covers Hindu temples in Thanjavur city and its closer suburbs.