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Tharangambadi is in Nagapattinam district with geographical coordinates of in North and in East. Explore the satellite map of Tharangambadi with high quality images in the page below. Also explore the aerial photographs of Map of Tharangambadi. The Total popolation of Tharangambadi is with Male and Female. |
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Tharangambadi is one tehsil in district of Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu state of India. It is 15 kilometers in north direction of Karaikal and near mouth of one distributary of Kaveri River. It is also headquarters of taluk of Tharangambadi. Meaning of its name is place of singing waves. It was one Danish colony at some time. An earliest reference of Tharangambadi occurs in one inscription of 14th century, mentioning this place by Sadanganpade. In 1620 Danish East India Company found this place, when they opens one factory and built one fort, Fort Dansborg. For nearly 150 years, this fort remains as headquarters and residence of governor along with other officials. Now it is one museum hosting one collection of various artifacts from colonial era. It contains Danish manuscripts; tea jars specially Chinese, terracotta objects, lamps, swords, spears, wooden objects, porcelain ware, glass objects, steatitle lamps, sudai figurines, stones, sculptures and daggers. Among 1st Protestant missionaries, which set foot here in India were 2 Lutherans from country of Germany, who began their work in year 1705 within Danish settlement. They translates Bible into local language Tamil and then into Hindustani. Also establish one printing press and within 100 years it prints in Tamil language about 300 books. |
Geographical Information for Tharangambadi District Name: Nagapattinam Latitude: Longitude: State: Tamil Nadu Country: India Country ISO code: IN |
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