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அர்ஜுனன் தபசு
The world's largest open-air bas-relief — 27 metres long and 9 metres high — depicting the descent of the Ganges with hundreds of figures including the famous meditating cat.
ஏகாம்பரேஸ்வரர் கோயில்
One of the Pancha Bhuta Sthalas representing earth, with a 59-metre Rajagopuram and a sacred mango tree said to be 3,500 years old with four varieties of fruit.
செயிண்ட் ஜார்ஜ் கோட்டை
The first major English fortress in India, built in 1644, now housing the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and a museum documenting British colonial history.
செஞ்சிக் கோட்டை
The 'Troy of the East' — a massive fortress spanning three hills connected by 6 km of walls, contested by every major South Indian power for five centuries.
கைலாசநாதர் கோயில்
The oldest structure in Kanchipuram, built by the Pallava king Narasimhavarman II — a sandstone temple with 58 miniature shrines and the finest early Dravidian sculptures.
கபாலீஸ்வரர் கோயில்
The ancient Shiva temple at the heart of Mylapore — Chennai's oldest neighbourhood — with a 37-metre gopuram and the sacred temple tank.
வான் இறை கல்
A massive 250-tonne granite boulder balanced on a smooth slope at an impossible angle, defying gravity and seven elephants that once tried to move it.
பஞ்ச ரதங்கள்
Five monolithic temples, each carved from a single granite boulder, representing five distinct styles of Dravidian architecture — a textbook in stone.
கடற்கரைக் கோயில்
A Pallava-era structural stone temple on the Bay of Bengal coast, part of the UNESCO-listed Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, surviving 1,300 years of wind, salt, and surf.
வேலூர் கோட்டை
A 16th-century Vijayanagara fort with a massive moat, housing the exquisite Jalakanteswarar Temple — a jewel of late Vijayanagara sculpture.
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