TANJORE

ANTIQUITY 

Going to origin, one discerns it occupying a coveted place in Varahapuranam as Sameevana Kshetra.  It was known as Thanjasuram then.  Its derivation is quite interesting. The story goes that it was the capital of a domineering wicked demon by name Thanjasuran.  

While being slain for his mis-deeds by Anandavalli the Mother of Universe, he implored her for the  born of naming the place of his birth and region as Thanjasuram, obviously to perpetuate his memory. It was readily granted then and hence the name Thanjasuram. But later, it came to be known, as Thanjapuram, a r form of Thanjasuram undoubtedly. 

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