Tamil Nadu
Mayiladuthurai district
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Sights to see
Zion Church, Tharangambadi
“Church in Mayiladuthurai district, India”
Zion Church is one of the oldest churches in Tharangambadi (Tranquebar), a Danish settlement in Mayiladuthurai district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is in the premises of Fort Dansborg, built with the help of Danish king Christian IV in an agreement with Danish Admiral Ove Gjedde in 1717 and acted as the base for Danish settlement in the region during the early 17th century. The Church was built in 1717 Rev Bartholomew zigenbalg by A.D by Rev. Bartholomaus Ziegenbalg and has records from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Fort Dansborg
“Danish fort in the shores of Bay of Bengal”
Fort Dansborg, locally called Danish Fort, is a Danish fort located in the shores of Bay of Bengal in Tranquebar (Tharangambadi) in the Mayiladuthurai District, state of Tamil Nadu. Fort Dansborg was built in the land ceded by Thanjavur king Ragunatha Nayak in an agreement with Danish Admiral Ove Gjedde in 1620 and acted as the base for Danish settlement in the region during the early 17th century. The fort is the second largest Danish fort after Kronborg.
New Jerusalem Church, Tranquebar
“Church in Tamil Nadu, India”
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. The church is located on King Street, and church services are conducted every Sunday. The church, along with other buildings of the Tranquebar Mission, was damaged during the tsunami of 2004, and were renovated at a cost of INR 7 million, and re-consecrated in 2006.
tharangambadi maritime museum
“Maritime Museum in Tranquebar, Mayiladuthurai district”
Maritime Museum, Tranquebar is a maritime museum located at Tharangambadi in the Mayiladuthurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on the Coromandel Coast.
Other districts in Tamil Nadu
Photo credits
- Fort Dansborg: Esben Agersnap · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons