Temples in India

The state also holds the credit of having maximum number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (5) in India which includes Great Living Chola Temples and Mahabalipuram. Archaeological sites with civilisation dating back to 3800 years are found in Tamil Nadu.

Mahabalipuram, tamilnadu, India.

Mahabalipuram sea shore temples were built by rulers of pallava dynasty and depicts remarkable art and architecture. The carvings depicts rathas, mandapas and the lord Shiva. The temple is made of monolithic marvels and carved from rocks. The Big temple at thanjavur was a classical example chola art and architecture. The temple tower is made of a single stone of granite which was a great piece of work done almost 1000 years ago without the use of modern technology. Thanjavur is also very famous for its painting and Veena. Sri Meenakshi temple at Madurai is in the top list of New seven Wonders of the world. Sri Meenakshi temple has a 1000 pillar hall made of granite and nine temple towers that depicts the various organs of Human in ancient Hindu mythology. Some more temples of art and cultural significance were

Kamatchi temple - Kanchipram Arunachaleeswarar temple - Thiruvannamalai Sri Ranganathaswamy temple - Srirangam Sri Andal temple- Srivilliputhur Bridhadeeswarar temple- Gangaikindacholapuram

A view of Big temple (also known as brihadeeswarar temple) at Thanjavur, tamilnadu, India.

With more than 34000 temples, Tamil Nadu has some great temples like Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple, Brihadeeswarar Temple, Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple and Srilakshmi Golden Temple. All these temples showcase the art and architecture prevailed during the ancient period. 1000 pillars hall was a main attraction in both Sri Ranganathaswamy temple, Srirangam and in Sri Meenakshi temple, Madurai. Atleast 15,000 visitors visit these temple regularly which include both Indians and Foreigners. Other than this Rameswaram temple, Chidambaram temple, Kumbakonam temple were famous for its art, architecture and glory.

Panorama of the temple

Nandhi in Gangai Konda  Cholapuram Temple

Abodes of Lord Murugan (Subramanyaswamy)

The six abodes of lord subramanyaswamy were situated in tamilnadu. They were Tirupparamkunram, Thiruchendur, Thiruavinankudi, Swamimalai, Thiruthani, and Pazhamudircholai.

Bird Sancturaies

The wetland attract numerous migratory birds from Europe and America. The state government has established 13 bird sanctuaries to protect the birds from poaching and hunting. The state also has various bird sanctuaries including 13 established bird sanctuary among others maintained by the state government. They include vedanthangal, pulicate lake, vettangudi, kanjirankulam, uthayamarthandapuram, point calimere among others

This photograph shows the Welcome message to the visitors.

The huge group of birds seen swimming and playing in the irrigation tank.

The state also has squirrel sanctuary, protected areas for tiger, elephant, deer etc. Arignar Anna Zoological park is the first public zoo in India which attracts millions of tourists worldwide.