Kala Bairavar Temple

Adhiyamankottai was the capital of the Adhiyaman chieftains who ruled the ancient Thagadur (Dharmapuri) country in the Sangam era. The oval fort ruins are linked to King Adhiyaman Neduman Anji, one of the 'Kadai Ezhu Vallal' whose court the poetess Avvaiyar visited. It is regarded as one of South India's oldest forts and is a state-protected heritage site.

Vijayanagara-era Vishnu temple at Adhiyamankottai below the old Adhiyaman fort hill, noted for its ornate stone pillars and sculptures.

The Government Museum in Dharmapuri displays sculptures, stone carvings and antiquities gathered from across the district. Its collection reflects the region's long temple-building and Adhiyaman-era history. It is a small district museum useful for understanding local archaeology and art history.

This memorial pillar was erected by the Madras government to mark Dharmapuri's association with Sir Thomas Munro, who lived here from April 1792 to March 1799 as Assistant to the Superintendent of Revenue in the Baramahal. Munro later became Governor of Madras and is remembered for the ryotwari land-revenue system. The pillar is a colonial-era heritage marker in the town.

Set up by the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology, this open-air site museum displays more than 25 hero stones commemorating warriors, collected from around the Dharmapuri region. Alongside them it holds megalithic-era artifacts, neolithic stone tools, terracotta figurines, coins and iron objects. It offers a compact overview of the district's Iron Age and Sangam-era heritage.

District headquarters and a market and administrative centre, and a leading mango-growing belt of Tamil Nadu. It is the main road base for trips to Hogenakkal.

This 8th-9th-century Shiva temple, dedicated to Lord Mallikarjuneswarar and Goddess Kamatchi Ambal, is locally called Kottai Kovil, the Fort Temple. Its best-known feature is a hanging stone pillar in the ardha mandapam that leaves a small gap above the floor, a display of ancient sculptural skill. Local tradition holds that King Adhiyaman worshipped here and that a secret passage once linked the temple to Adhiyamankottai.

This memorial honours the freedom fighter and Tamil writer Subramania Siva, born in 1884, who was a close associate of V. O. Chidambaram Pillai during the Swadeshi movement. Built at a cost of about 40 lakh rupees, it was inaugurated by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. His birth anniversary is commemorated at the site each year on 4 October.

A taluk town in the north of the district, an agricultural trade centre known for granite quarrying and its proximity to the Melagiri foothills.

Thoppur Ghat is a scenic mountain-pass stretch of the Dharmapuri-Salem highway (NH-44) that winds through forested hills and valleys. It is popular with travellers for its long views over wooded slopes, and the surrounding hills hold megalithic-era remains. The pass serves as a well-known scenic gateway between the Dharmapuri plains and the Salem region.

Vathalmalai is a small hill hamlet on the Shevaroy hill range at roughly 1,400 m, reached by a winding ghat road with about 26 hairpin bends. Its cool climate supports coffee, pepper and jackfruit, earning it the nickname 'Mini Ooty of Dharmapuri'. A hilltop Murugan temple and seasonal waterfalls draw trekkers.

Hanuman Theertham is a spring-fed pilgrimage spot on the banks of the South Pennar (Thenpennai) River with roots in the Ramayana. Local belief holds that Lord Hanuman poured out a vessel of holy Ganga water here, while the nearby Rama Theertham waterfall is said to have formed where Rama's arrow struck the rock. A spring continues to flow from the rock even when the river runs dry, and pilgrims take a ritual dip at both Hanuman Theertha and Rama Theertha.