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Featured: Shore TempleThe seafront base for the Mamallapuram monuments and the East Coast Road beaches, backwaters, forts and wildlife of Chengalpattu district.
Melmaruvathur area of the district.
Singaperumal Koil area of the district.
Maduranthakam area of the district.
Saluvankuppam area of the district.
Pallavaram area of the district.
Featured: Thiruneermalai Ranganathar TempleThiruneermalai area of the district.
Thiruvadisoolam area of the district.
Sadras area of the district.
Chitlapakkam area of the district.
Cheyyur area of the district.
Chengalpattu district is known for: the UNESCO Group of Monuments at Mamallapuram (Shore Temple, Pancha Rathas, Arjuna’s Penance), the ECR beaches and backwaters, the Crocodile Bank and DakshinaChitra, and the Vedanthangal bird sanctuary.
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We have not published a story about Karunguzhi itself yet. These cover Chengalpattu, the district it sits in, and travel in Tamil Nadu generally.
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For two Pallava generations, a granite headland on the Coromandel coast became a laboratory of Indian temple architecture, and its chisels have never gone silent.
One cliff face, nearly a hundred feet of carving, and two rival stories that scholars have never fully settled. Here is how to read the great relief at Mamallapuram.
On a windswept stretch of the Coromandel coast, 7th-century Pallava kings turned raw granite into temples, chariots and one of the largest rock reliefs on earth.
Route-level itineraries and practical guides for the rest of the state.
Three well-paced days in the Tamil Nadu capital: British-era Fort St George and the Government Museum, Mylapore’s temple quarter and the beaches, then a drive down the ECR to the Pallava stone temples of Mahabalipuram.
One unhurried week from Chennai to Kanyakumari, taking in Pallava rock temples, the Chola heartland, Madurai and India’s southern tip.
Chola granite, Pallava rock-cut sculpture, rainforest ridgelines and a century-old rack railway — Tamil Nadu holds four strands of India’s World Heritage. Here is how they fit together.
Top places to visit in Karunguzhi include Robert Clive's Garden House — each has a full guide with how to reach it and what to see nearby on this page.
The nearest airport to Karunguzhi is Chennai International (MAA), ~55–60 km from Mamallapuram. The rail gateway is Chengalpattu Junction (CGL); Chennai is the main railhead for Mamallapuram. Frequent buses and taxis run down the East Coast Road (ECR) and via GST Road from Chennai (CMBT) to Mamallapuram, Kovalam, Muttukadu and the ECR resorts; confirm current timings before travel.
November to February is the coolest, most comfortable season to visit Karunguzhi and the rest of Tamil Nadu. April to June is very hot, and the October–December north-east monsoon brings the delta its main rains.
