Patanjalinathar Temple, Thirukanattumullur

A Shiva temple at Thirumanikuzhi near Cuddalore, where the deity is worshipped as Vamanapureeswarar. It is one of the 276 Paadal Petra Sthalams praised in the Tevaram hymns of the Saiva saints. It is among the Shiva shrines clustered around Cuddalore town.

One of the 108 Divya Desams, dedicated to Vishnu as Devanatha, on the outskirts of Cuddalore, notable for its hilltop Hayagriva shrine atop the Oushadagiri hillock.

One of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams dedicated to Shiva, in central Cuddalore, traditionally the temple where the Saiva saint Appar returned to Saivism.

Former British coastal fort at Devanampattinam near the Gadilam river mouth, associated with Robert Clive, who served as its governor; little of the original structure survives.

One of the longest beaches on the Coromandel Coast, running along the Bay of Bengal just east of Cuddalore town.

A Shiva temple at Thiruchopuram on the coast near Cuddalore, where the deity is worshipped as Mangalapureeswarar with the goddess Thyagavalli. It is one of the 276 Paadal Petra Sthalams glorified in the Tevaram hymns. It is among the coastal Padal Petra Sthalams of the district.

A Shiva temple at Thiruthinainagar (Theerthanagari) near Cuddalore, where the deity is worshipped as Shivakozhundeeswarar. It is one of the 276 Paadal Petra Sthalams revered in the Tevaram hymns of the Nayanmars.

This village near Panruti is revered as the birthplace of the 7th-century Saiva saint Thirunavukkarasar (Appar), one of the four principal Nayanmars. It has a Shiva temple and the Appar Madam commemorating the saint. Appar was among the composers of the Tevaram hymns central to Tamil Saivism.

Quiet golden-sand Bay of Bengal beach midway between Cuddalore and Chidambaram, home to the coastal Pinnai Vazhi Amman shrine.

The octagonal "Hall of True Knowledge" built in 1872 by the saint Ramalinga Adigal (Vallalar), centre of the Suddha Sanmarga movement, alongside a perpetual free-food house.

Historic Coromandel port settled by the Portuguese in the 1590s as "Porto Novo", later Dutch and British, site of India's first iron-and-steel works (1830).

Planned industrial township of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (formed 1956), built around India's major open-cast lignite mines, a landmark of independent India's industrial development.