Old Towns to Explore in Tamil Nadu
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Home to historic buildings, multi pilgrimage sites, hill stations, cultural arts, and three world heritage sites.
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Old Towns to Explore in Tamil Nadu
Tharangambadi is a town in the Nagapattinam district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on the Coromandel Coast. It lies 15 kilometres north of Karaikal, near the mouth of a distributary of the Kaveri River. Tranquebar was established in 1620 as the first Danish trading post in India. King Christian IV had sent his envoy Ove Gjedde who established contact with Raghunatha Nayak of Tanjore.