Tags: Ethnic Group.
Thanjavur Marathi (Tamil: தஞ்சாவூர் மராத்தியர் Marathi: तंजावूर मराठी) (colloquially called Rāyar (Tamil: ராயர்)) are a Marathi-speaking ethno-linguistic group who reside in the central and northern parts of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. They are the descendants of Marathi administrators soldiers and noblemen who migrated during the rule of the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom. Thanjavur was a Maratha kingdom in Tamil Country until the British dethroned the last Thanjavur Maratha king.
