The 1636 palace of the Nayak ruler, with a colonnaded courtyard of 25-metre columns and a nightly sound and light show.
Only a quarter of the original palace survives. The English sound and light show is usually the later evening slot.
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A vast working temple to Meenakshi and Sundareswarar with fourteen gopurams covered in thousands of…
A 17th-century pillared hall on the temple's east side, now filled with tailors, brass sellers and…
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The stalls that open after 10pm around the temple and on the Masi streets — kari dosai, jigarthanda…
A vast square temple tank fed by the Vaigai, with a central island pavilion and a float festival in…