AZCasualTraveler
★★★★★5.0Wrote on 16 Sept 2023
A Royal Palace and Art Gallery combined
The Thanjavur Royal Palace and Art Gallery is a must see place while traveling through Thanjavur India. This is where you can visit a "Royal Palace" that is beautiful to look at its architecture, and you can also visit the attached Art Gallery to see historic art and statues that once occupied the Royal Palace. The Thanjavur.info web-site has interesting, detailed information about the Royal Palace Museum. Here is an excerpt from the web-site with factual details about the Museum: "Thanjavur Art Gallery, located in the Thanjavur Palace has an exquisite collection of ancient sculptures and coins. It is officially called the “Raja Raja Chola Art Gallery†and locally known as “Thanjavur Kalaikoodamâ€. These bronze sculptures of Hindu Gods and Goddesses range from 9th century A.D to 19th century A.D. Some very unique deities and saints can be seen. Early Indian lifestyle, their clothing, ornaments and even hairdo are carved in these statues. Another interesting feature is the collection of old coins. Coins from as early as 300 B.C are exhibited here, which is quite astonishing. Artifacts are placed in a hall which used to be the Kings’ royal court (Durbar Hall)." The Royal Palace/Art Gallery is definitely a place to visit while in Thanjavur.
548AndrewD
★★2.0Wrote on 1 May 2023
Meh
A decent-sized temple complex with too little to offer. The interior design is mediocre and the museum can be finished in just 10 minutes. It doesn't help that there is no interpretative panel to make sense of what's what.
158renur
★1.0Wrote on 30 Dec 2022
Great Disappointment
Visited Thanjavur Palace and Art Museum in Dec 2022. It was mentioned that the place was maintained by ASI. It was a great disappointment. There are significant number of locals and tourists visiting the place which makes it all the more important to have good maintenance. The museum and the durbar hall are very dusty and not maintained. The Nandi at the entrance to the durbar hall has visitors climbing and clicking pictures, which should have been strictly prohibited. The audio visual show talked nothing about the Tanjore Palace or it’s history but talked only about the Big Temple and Darasuram wonder why Gangai Konda Cholapuram was left out. Overall very disappointing!
BharathiMani
★★★★4.0Wrote on 11 Dec 2022
Sadly, poorly maintained
This place makes me sad as the Darbar hall is gorgeous and is barely maintained. The ticket office closes for lunch @ 12:30 pm for an hour even on weekends. There is no effort to maintain this place. If you are in this area do visit.
DavidvPerth
★★2.0Wrote on 21 Nov 2022
Needs some TLC
Not in a good state of repair with some tlc it could be a major attraction the likes of long overgrown grass in the main courtyard shows the lack of care and maintenance
AZCasualTraveler
★★★★★5.0Wrote on 16 Sept 2023
A Royal Palace and Art Gallery combined
The Thanjavur Royal Palace and Art Gallery is a must see place while traveling through Thanjavur India. This is where you can visit a "Royal Palace" that is beautiful to look at its architecture, and you can also visit the attached Art Gallery to see historic art and statues that once occupied the Royal Palace. The Thanjavur.info web-site has interesting, detailed information about the Royal Palace Museum. Here is an excerpt from the web-site with factual details about the Museum: "Thanjavur Art Gallery, located in the Thanjavur Palace has an exquisite collection of ancient sculptures and coins. It is officially called the “Raja Raja Chola Art Gallery†and locally known as “Thanjavur Kalaikoodamâ€. These bronze sculptures of Hindu Gods and Goddesses range from 9th century A.D to 19th century A.D. Some very unique deities and saints can be seen. Early Indian lifestyle, their clothing, ornaments and even hairdo are carved in these statues. Another interesting feature is the collection of old coins. Coins from as early as 300 B.C are exhibited here, which is quite astonishing. Artifacts are placed in a hall which used to be the Kings’ royal court (Durbar Hall)." The Royal Palace/Art Gallery is definitely a place to visit while in Thanjavur.
548AndrewD
★★2.0Wrote on 1 May 2023
Meh
A decent-sized temple complex with too little to offer. The interior design is mediocre and the museum can be finished in just 10 minutes. It doesn't help that there is no interpretative panel to make sense of what's what.
158renur
★1.0Wrote on 30 Dec 2022
Great Disappointment
Visited Thanjavur Palace and Art Museum in Dec 2022. It was mentioned that the place was maintained by ASI. It was a great disappointment. There are significant number of locals and tourists visiting the place which makes it all the more important to have good maintenance. The museum and the durbar hall are very dusty and not maintained. The Nandi at the entrance to the durbar hall has visitors climbing and clicking pictures, which should have been strictly prohibited. The audio visual show talked nothing about the Tanjore Palace or it’s history but talked only about the Big Temple and Darasuram wonder why Gangai Konda Cholapuram was left out. Overall very disappointing!
BharathiMani
★★★★4.0Wrote on 11 Dec 2022
Sadly, poorly maintained
This place makes me sad as the Darbar hall is gorgeous and is barely maintained. The ticket office closes for lunch @ 12:30 pm for an hour even on weekends. There is no effort to maintain this place. If you are in this area do visit.
DavidvPerth
★★2.0Wrote on 21 Nov 2022
Needs some TLC
Not in a good state of repair with some tlc it could be a major attraction the likes of long overgrown grass in the main courtyard shows the lack of care and maintenance
