My village name is Rajaghiri, which is situated in Kumbakonam and Thanjavur high Road,, it is 12 km from Kumbakonam and 25 km to Thanjavur... Raja ghiri.... Raja means king or ruler and ghiri means Hill... I dont know which Raja it means and moreover there is no hill in this village.... I came to know from old natives of this village that the ancient name of this village is Raja chadur vedi Mangalam.....if this name rings any bell for any one of our group, kindly let me know....... This village have streets with names Nayakar Street, Yalpanan Street, Brahamin street, Vadukar Street,Chekkadi street....
Malikgafur when invaded .. from Chimdabaram - Srirangam took this route and obviously the spillovers of such invasion did / does reflect on this belt..
Papanasam - Ayyampettai - Rajagiri - Pandaravadai etc., also figured in that route map.