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5 places to explore — hand-picked across Tamil Nadu.
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At India's southeastern tip, Dhanushkodi is a hauntingly beautiful ghost-town beach on a thin sandbar where the Bay of Bengal meets the Indian Ocean, near sacred Rameswaram. The best months to vis…
Dindigul Fort is a hilltop fortress rising about 900 feet above Dindigul town in Tamil Nadu, with a fortification circumference of about 2.75 km enclosing 48 rooms, arsenal depots, stables, and can…
Gingee Fort stands in Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu, about 160 km from Chennai, built across three hills with roughly 13 km of fortification walls up to 20 m thick and a moat 80 feet wide. It is …
Thirumayam's ring fort was built in 1687 by Vijaya Raghunatha Sethupathi of Ramanathapuram and later held by the Tondaiman rulers of Pudukkottai. Its concentric walls wrap a rocky hill in the heart…
A former Danish colonial town on the Tamil coast, Tharangambadi pairs a quiet beach with the seafront Dansborg Fort and atmospheric colonial streets. The best months to visit are roughly November …
