Chokkanatha Nayak Palace

Interior of the palace

The Chokkanatha Nayak Palace, now officially known as Rani Mangammal Mahal is a mid seventeenth century Palace, built by the Madurai Nayak rulers. It located in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India at the base of the Tiruchirapalli Rock Fort. The palace was built by Chokkanatha Nayak, the then ruler of Madurai. It was also known as the Durbar Hall of the Madurai Nayaks when Tiruchirapally was their capital, from 1616 to 1634 and later from 1665 to 1736. Today the palace houses Government Museum and various state government offices around the palace complex.

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Tiruchirappalli

History

Early Cholas
Kalabhras
Pallavas
Medieval Cholas
Later Cholas
Later Pandyas
Invasion of Malik Kafur
Madurai Sultanate
Vijayanagar Empire
Madurai Nayaks
Siege of Trichinopoly (1741)
Siege of Trichinopoly (1743)
Second Carnatic War (Siege of Trichinopoly (1751–1752)
Battle of Golden Rock
Battle of Seringham)
1928 South Indian Railway Strike
World War I Memorial

Geography and
Architecture

Zones

Neighbourhoods
and suburbs

Transport

Road	Chatram Bus Stand Central Bus Stand

Rail	Tiruchirappalli railway division (List of Railway stations) Tiruchirappalli Monorail (Proposed)

Air	Tiruchirappalli Airport

Educational
institutions

Hospitals

Ponmalai railway hospital

Places of
worship

Temples	Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam Samayapuram Mariamman Temple Thayumanavar Temple, Rockfort Rockfort Ucchi Pillayar Temple Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval Sri Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Temple Uthamar Kovil Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Kumaravayalur Erumbeeswarar Temple, Thiruverumbur Vekkali Amman Temple Panchavarnaswamy Temple Nandrudayan Vinayaka Temple Kattu Narasimhaperumal Temple, Srirangam

Churches	Basilica of the Holy Redeemer Christ Church Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Mosques	Nadirshah Mosque

Sport

Culture

Economy

Politics

Legislative Assembly constituencies	Srirangam Thiruverumbur Tiruchirappalli East Tiruchirappalli West

Lok Sabha constituencies	Tiruchirappalli

Other topics: List of people from Tiruchirappalli

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