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The place is famous for the rock-cut and monolithic Shore temple of Dravidian style architecture, dedicated to the Lord Vishnu. The place hosts a lot of historic monuments like stone chariots, stone elephant carvings, Tiger cave, Krishna’s butter ball and so on. Many devotees...
Rajamalai Eravikulam
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Rajamala is the natural habitat of Nilgiri Tahr. Half the world population of this rare mountain goat is found here, which is fast becoming extinct.
Mattupetty Dam
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Mattupetty is situated at a height of 1700 m above sea level. Mattupetty Lake and Dam is a beautiful picnic spot with the panoramic view of the tea plantations and the lake. Boating facilities are available in the reservoir. Mattupetty is also well known for its highly...
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The Palace near the temple is a vast building of masonry built partly by the Nayaks around 1550 AD and partly by the Marathas. » Art Gallery In the Palace there are a number of granite and bronze statues of the Chola period
Sri Ranganathasamy Temple
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This temple is at Sri Rangam Island, in the middle of the Cauvery river. This temple was built by various dynasties including the cheras, Pandyas,Cholas, Hoysalas and the Vijayanagar Empire between 13th and 18th centuries.
Samayapuram Mariamman Temple
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Samayapuram, lying at a distance of 11 km from Trichy in Lalgudi taluk, is famous for the shrine of Goddess Mariamman. It has a rich legendary and historical background.
Rockfort Vinayagar Temple
It is 272ft above the city on the banks of the river Cauvery. The rock cut into 437 steps, leads to the temple. The temple is dedicated to Lord Vinayaka (the mythical half-man, half-bird Garuda who is Vishnu's Vehicle, famous in the Epic Mahabharata). Along the way to temple...
Vivekanandas Dhyana Mandapam
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This is just 400 metres away from the shores of Kanyakumari and we can reach this rock with the help of the ferry service available there. This is the place where Swami Vivekananda mediated and this turned to be an important event in his life. One can have a wonderful experience...
Kanyakumari
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Near Vivekananda Rock is the Thiruvalluvar Memorial. A statue of Thiruvallur of height 133ft is here and this memorial was constructed to honour the great poet Thiruvalluvar whose work “Thirukurral” has got world fame. This memorial can be reached through ferry...
Suchindram Temple
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This place is 13 kms from Kanyakumari and the temple here is noted for its 18ft Hanuman Statue, musical pillars, architecture and so on. In this temple, we can see the three deities Shiva, Vishnu & Brahma which is said to be rare. The Suchindram temple has got a beautiful gopuram...