One of five Gandhi museums in India, in a 17th-century Nayak palace, holding the blood-stained dhoti he was wearing when assassinated.
Free and genuinely moving. The freedom-struggle gallery is detailed and unusually well written. Allow more time than you expect.
A vast square temple tank fed by the Vaigai, with a central island pavilion and a float festival in…
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The stalls that open after 10pm around the temple and on the Masi streets — kari dosai, jigarthanda…
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The 1636 palace of the Nayak ruler, with a colonnaded courtyard of 25-metre columns and a nightly sound…
A 17th-century pillared hall on the temple's east side, now filled with tailors, brass sellers and…