The
18th-century Christ Church or Schwartz Church a legacy of Tanjore
colonial past, stands to the east of the Shivanganga Tank. This
church was founded by the Danish missionary, Reverend Frederik
Christian Schwartz, in 1779. When he died in 1798, the enlightened
Maratha ruler, Serfoji II, donated a striking marble tablet, made
by John Flaxman and this has been placed at the western end of
the church. It depicts the dying missionary blessing his royal
patron, surrounded by ministers and pupils from the school that
he established. |