Veerateeswarar Temple, Thiruvathigai

Ancient Shiva temple (Pazhamalai Nadhar) on the banks of the Manimutharu river, part of a series built by Chola queen Sembiyan Mahadevi, with Chola-era inscriptions and a reputedly ancient vanni tree.

A Shiva temple at Thirukoodalaiyathur near Vriddhachalam, where the deity is worshipped as Narthana Vallabeswarar. It is one of the 276 Paadal Petra Sthalams celebrated in the Tevaram hymns of the Nayanmars.

Dravidian-style Vishnu temple dedicated to Varaha, one of the eight self-manifested (Swayambu) Kshetras of Vishnu, with Chola origins and later Nayak-era expansions including an ornate chariot-shaped mandapam.

A Shiva temple at Pennadam (Thiru Pennagadam) near Vriddhachalam, where the deity is worshipped as Pralaya Kaleeswarar, locally Sudarkozhundeeswarar. It is one of the 276 Paadal Petra Sthalams celebrated in the Tevaram hymns. The temple carries Chola-era inscriptions and stands on the banks of the Vellar River.

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.

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.

A 16-km-long 10th-century Chola-era reservoir near Kattumannarkoil that is one of the main sources of drinking water supplied to Chennai city.

A large rain-fed reservoir near Tittakudi, formed on the Vellar River which rises in the Shevaroy Hills. It is the second-largest lake in Tamil Nadu after Veeranam Lake, which also lies in the same district. It supplies irrigation to the surrounding agricultural belt.

An ancient Vishnu temple on the banks of Veeranam Lake, granted by Chola king Parantaka I in the 10th century to Vedic scholars. It is revered in Srivaishnavism as the birthplace of the 9th-century acharya Nathamuni, who collected and compiled the 4,000 hymns of the Divya Prabandham. Later renovations were carried out by the Pandya king Sadayavarman Sundara Pandyan in the 13th century.

A Shiva temple built in granite in 1113 CE during the reign of Kulothunga Chola I. It is a rare surviving example of the chariot-shaped Karakoil style, with the sanctum resting on a base shaped like a horse-drawn chariot with wheels and horses. The 88th Paadal Petra Sthalam of the Tevaram, it houses an unusual ten-armed Dasabuja Rishaba Thandavamoorthy sculpture of Shiva.

A Shiva temple at Omampuliyur in Kattumannarkoil taluk, where the deity is worshipped as Pranava Vyaghrapureeswarar. It is one of the 276 Paadal Petra Sthalams revered in the Tevaram hymns of the Nayanmars.

A Shiva temple at Thiru Erukkathampuliyur (Rajendrapattinam) in Kattumannarkoil taluk, where the deity is worshipped as Neelakandeswarar. It is one of the 276 Paadal Petra Sthalams glorified in the Tevaram hymns of the Saiva saints.