A vast square temple tank fed by the Vaigai, with a central island pavilion and a float festival in January or February.
The tank is only full after the monsoon and during the float festival — outside that it can be dry and unremarkable.
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The 1636 palace of the Nayak ruler, with a colonnaded courtyard of 25-metre columns and a nightly sound…
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One of five Gandhi museums in India, in a 17th-century Nayak palace, holding the blood-stained dhoti he…
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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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A vast working temple to Meenakshi and Sundareswarar with fourteen gopurams covered in thousands of…