A statue of bartholomau Ziegenbalg, the first Protestant Missionary of India at Tranquebar in Tamil Nadu India on the ter-centenary of Tranquebar


From Wikipedia: Tharangambadi, formerly Tranquebar, is a town in the Nagapattinam district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies 15 kilometres ( mi) north of Karaikal, near the mouth of a distributary of the Kaveri River. Tharangambadi is the headquarters of Tharangambadi taluk while its name means "place of the singing waves". It was a Danish colony from 1620 to 1845, and in Danish it is still known as Trankebar.


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Location: Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu, India
Photo credit: © Paramvir Singh / Alamy / Afripics
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