Best Places to Visit in Tamil Nadu

Meenakshi Temple

A historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in Madurai.

Ooty (Udhagamandalam)

The 'Queen of the Nilgiris' — a 2,240-metre hill town of eucalyptus forests, 100-year-old tea estates, and a UNESCO-listed toy train that climbs 46 km through 16 tunnels and 250 bridges from Mettupalayam up to the clouds.

Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram

A Dravidian sea-side Shiva temple on Pamban Island with the longest temple corridor in the world (1,212 metres, 1,212 pillars) — one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, one of the four Char Dhams, and the spot where, in the Ramayana, Rama worshipped Shiva before crossing to Lanka.

Mahabalipuram

An ancient town known for its carved temples and rock-cut caves, particularly the Shore Temple.

Kanyakumari

The southernmost tip of the Indian mainland, where the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean meet in a single visible horizon — a village of fisherman temples, a 133-foot monolithic statue of the Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar, and the only place in India where you can watch the sun rise and set over water on the same day.

Kamakshi Amman Temple

One of the eighteen Maha Shakti Peethas — where Sati's spine is said to have fallen — and the principal Sri Vidya centre of South India, situated in the temple-city of Kanchipuram 75 km from Chennai. The 6th-century Pallava-era sanctum is famous for the Bilahasa pradakshina that Adi Shankaracharya performed when he installed the Sri Chakra here.

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