Things to do in Tirukalukundram, Tamil Nadu
Tirukalukundram, also known as Tirukazhukundram, is a panchayat town and taluk head of Tirukalukundram taluk in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is famous for the Vedagiriswarar_Temple, a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva.
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- 1Cave Temples of Mahabalipuram
The Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram is a collection of 7th- and 8th-century CE religious monuments in the coastal resort town of Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 2Varaha Cave Temple
Varaha Cave Temple is a rock-cut cave temple located at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu, India.
- 3Sadras
Sadras is a fortress town located on India's Coromandel Coast in Chengalpattu district, 70 km south of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state. Sadras is the anglicised form of the ancient town of Sadurangapattinam.
- 4Vedagiriswarar Temple
The Vedagiriswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva, located in Tirukalukundram, Tamil Nadu, India.
- 5Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in the Madurantakam taluk of the Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Established in 1936, it is the oldest wildlife sanctuary in India.
- 6Shore Temple
- 7Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram
"Seven Pagodas" has served as a nickname for the southern Indian city of Mamallapuram, also called Mahabalipuram, since the first European explorers reached it.
- 8Pancha Rathas
- 9Mahishasuramardini Mandapa
Mahishasuramardhini Mandapa is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century, of the Pallava dynasty. It is a rock-cut cave temple located on a hill, near a lighthouse, along with other caves in Mamallapuram.
- 10Asan Memorial College of Engineering and Technology
Anna University in Tamil Nadu, India has many affiliated institutions.
- 11Panchapandava Cave Temple
Panchapandava Cave Temple is a monument at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Kancheepuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The mandapa is part of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram.
- 12Tiger Cave
The Yali Mandabam is a rock-cut Hindu temple complex located in the hamlet of Saluvankuppam near Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu, India. It gets its name from the carvings of tiger heads on the mouth of a cave which forms a part of the complex.
- 13Thirukadalmallai
- 14Padalathri Narasimhar Temple
- 15Karikili Bird Sanctuary
Karikili Bird Sanctuary is a 61.21-hectare protected area located in the Chengalpattu District of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The sanctuary is about 75 kilometres from Chennai, south of Chengalpattu.
- 16Thiruporur Kandaswamy temple
- 17Dharmaraja Ratha
- 18Rudrakodisvarar Temple, Tirukalukundram
Rudrakodisvarar Temple, Tirukalukundram is a Siva temple in Tirukalukundram in Chengalpattu District in Tamil Nadu, India. This temple is also known as Urutthiran Temple, Rudhran Temple and Ruthrankoil.
- 19Kachabeswarar temple, Thirukachur
- 20Arjuna Ratha
- 21Draupadi Ratha
- 22Kolavai Lake
- 23Bhima Ratha
- 24Olakkannesvara Temple
- 25Marundeeswarar Temple, Thirukachur
- 26Ganesha Ratha
- 27Gnanapureeswarar Temple, Tiruvadishoolam
- 28Krishna Mandapam, Mahabalipuram
- 29Diocese of Chingleput
- 30Venugopalaswami Temple, Kaliappettai