Tharangambadi

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Tharangambadi is a historic coastal town in Tamil Nadu, India, known for its former Danish colonial settlement, seaside fort, and blend of Indian and European heritage.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tharangambadi canonical 10
Sadurangapattinam 1
Tarangambadi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former Danish colony ⓘ
historic place ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeUnit Tharangambadi taluk ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tarangambadi ⓘ
linked to: Tharangambadi

Tranquebar ⓘ
climate tropical coastal climate ⓘ
coastlineFeature sandy beach ⓘ
colonialPower Denmark–Norway ⓘ
colonialSuccessor British India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
danishControlEndYear 1845 ⓘ
danishControlStartYear 1620 ⓘ
district Mayiladuthurai district ⓘ
etymology name means "place of the singing waves" in Tamil ⓘ
formerDistrict Nagapattinam district ⓘ
foundedAsTradingPostBy Danish East India Company ⓘ
governingBody local town panchayat ⓘ
hasFort Fort Dansborg ⓘ
hasLandmark Danish Cemetery, Tharangambadi ⓘ
Fort Dansborg ⓘ
Governor’s Bungalow, Tharangambadi ⓘ
Masillamani Nathar Temple ⓘ
New Jerusalem Church, Tharangambadi ⓘ
Town Gate, Tharangambadi ⓘ
Zion Church, Tharangambadi ⓘ
heritageDesignation heritage town of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedIn Coromandel Coast ⓘ
locatedOn Bay of Bengal ⓘ
missionaryAssociated Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg ⓘ
Heinrich Plütschau ⓘ
nativeName தரங்கம்பாடி ⓘ
nearestMajorRiver Cauvery River delta region ⓘ
notableFor Danish colonial heritage ⓘ
blend of Indian and European architecture ⓘ
seaside fort ⓘ
officialLanguage Tamil ⓘ
partOf Danish India ⓘ
postalCode 609313 ⓘ
region Chola Nadu ⓘ
religionHistory early Protestant mission center in India ⓘ
soldTo British East India Company ⓘ
state Tamil Nadu ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
tourismType beach tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
transportConnection connected by road to Mayiladuthurai ⓘ
treatyWith Thanjavur Nayak kingdom ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tranquebar → formerName → Tharangambadi ⓘ
Tranquebar → alsoKnownAs → Tharangambadi ⓘ
Sadras → historicalNameVariant → Sadurangapattinam ⓘ
linked to: Tharangambadi
Fort Dansborg → location → Tharangambadi ⓘ
Trankebar → formerName → Tharangambadi ⓘ
Trankebar → hasOfficialName → Tharangambadi ⓘ
Zion Church, Tranquebar → locatedIn → Tharangambadi ⓘ
Tharangambadi → alsoKnownAs → Tarangambadi ⓘ
linked to: Tharangambadi
Mayiladuthurai district → contains → Tharangambadi ⓘ