Kanjanur

Kanjanur
village
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Kanjanur is a village in the Thiruvidaimarudur taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is situated on the northern bank of the Kaveri River about 18 kilometres north-east of Kumbakonam. It is one of the nine Navagrahasthalas of the Cauvery Delta and is famous for its Agniswarar temple dedicated to Shukra (Venus). The temple is one of the "Navagraha Temples" of the Cauvery Delta. To the north of Kanjanur, are a series of low hillocks 100 to 150 feet high. Magnesite deposits have discovered in these hills.

References

Census of India, 1961, Volume 7; Volume 9. Manager of Publications. 1971. p. 160.
Bulletins of the Geological Survey of India: Economic geology, Issues 6-9. Geological Survey of India. 1953. pp. 30–31.

Thanjavur district

District headquarters	Thanjavur

Country	India

State	Tamil Nadu

Region	Chola Nadu

Divisions	Kumbakonam Pattukkottai Thanjavur

Taluks	Kumbakonam Orathanadu Papanasam Pattukkottai Peravurani Thanjavur Thiruvaiyaru Thiruvidaimarudur

Revenue blocks	Ammapettai Budalur Kumbakonam Madukkur Orathanadu Papanasam Pattukkottai Peravurani Sethubhavachatram Thanjavur Thiruppanandal Thiruvaiyaru Thiruvidaimarudur Thiruvonam

Municipal Corporations	Thanjavur

Municipalities	Kumbakonam Pattukkottai

Rivers	Arasalar Kaveri Kollidam

History	Early Cholas Kalabhras dynasty Pallava dynasty Medieval Cholas Later Cholas Later Pandyas Delhi Sultanate Madurai Sultanate Vijayanagara Empire Thanjavur Nayaks Thanjavur Marathas Company Raj British Raj

Places of interest	Adi Kumbeswarar Temple Airavatesvara Temple Aiyarappar temple Brihadeeswarar Temple Kalyanasundaresar Temple Kampaheswarar Temple Kanjanur Mahalingeswarar Temple Manora Fort Melattur Nachiyar Koil Poondi Madha Basilica Punnainallur Mariamman Samadhi of Bodhendra Saraswathi Sarangapani Temple Saraswathi Mahal Library Sivaganga Park Suryanar Kovil Swamimalai Murugan Temple Swetha Vinayagar Temple Thanjavur Maratha Palace Thingalur Tiruvidaimarudur Conservation Reserve Uppiliappan Temple Vasishteswarar Temple Veetrirundha Perumal Temple

Religious and monastic institutions	Trichy-Tanjore Diocese of the Church of South India Roman Catholic Diocese of Kumbakonam Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanjore Sri Sankara Mutt Sri Sridhara Ayyaval Mutt Sri Vijayendra Mutt Sri Vittal Rukmini Samsthan Thiruppanandal Adheenam

Universities	Periyar Maniammai University SASTRA University PRIST University Tamil University

Cities and towns People Villages

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