Sivaganga

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Sivaganga (also: Sivagangai, Tamil: சிவகங்கை Civakaṅkai [ siʋəɡaŋɡɛi ] ) is a city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located in southern inland Tamil Nadu about 400 kilometers southwest of the capital, Chennai. Sivaganga is the administrative headquarters of the district of the same name. The population is around 40,000 ( 2011 census ).

Sivaganga was the capital of Raja of Sivaganga in the 18th century. 1730 was a vassal of the Setupatis (local title of prince ) succeeded by Ramanathapuram, as a result of succession disputes among the rulers of Ramanathapuram two-fifths to tear from their dominion itself and to become independent. His son and successor was in 1773 in the fight against the British, who then made ​​Sivaganga become a part of British India. At the time of the Rajas recalls in Sivaganga today, built by them palace, now the main attraction of the city.