Manjalar Dam

An irrigation dam across the Maruthanathi river in the Athoor block of Dindigul district. It supplies water to farmland and sits amid hilly terrain near the Western Ghats foothills. It is a lesser-visited reservoir close to the Kamarajar Lake area.

A Hanuman temple at Anaipatti in Nilakottai taluk, reputed to be around 300 years old. It is traditionally said to have been established by Rani Mangammal, the Nayak queen of Madurai. Set beside a river, it is one of the older village shrines of the area.

A roughly 400-acre monsoon-fed reservoir near Athoor, formed by the Kamarajar Sagar Dam and overlooked by the Western Ghats. A noted birdwatching spot, it hosts hundreds of bird species, with coracle fishermen and coconut, banana and cardamom estates along its shores. It is one of the most scenic water bodies in the district.

Also called Rat Tail Falls, at about 297 m it is one of the tallest waterfalls in Tamil Nadu, plunging down the Palani hills and visible from the Kodaikanal ghat road.

A hilltop Shiva temple in the Sirumalai range, traditionally believed to have been worshipped by the sage Agasthiyar. Reaching the shrine involves a short trek of about an hour up the hill. It combines pilgrimage interest with scenic forest and valley views.

A reservoir on the Varadhamanadhi river fed by the Sirumalai hills, an irrigation dam and local picnic spot near Nilakottai in Dindigul district, and a drinking-water source for Palani.

A handloom town on the Dindigul-Madurai highway, about 12 km from Dindigul, whose economy turns on silk-and-cotton saree weaving. Its weavers are known for fine, lightweight sarees made with a kora silk warp and mercerised cotton weft in the weft-ikat tie-and-dye technique, and for sungudi tie-and-dye cotton. Gandhigram Rural Institute sits just outside the town.

A roughly 30 m (100 ft) waterfall formed by the overflow of Kodaikanal Lake, on the ghat road about 8 km from town.

A small dam and reservoir near Kodaikanal, also known as Shola Dam, a quiet picnic and film-shooting spot away from the crowded lake.

A forested hill range about 25 km from Dindigul reached by an 18-hairpin ghat road, known for its cool climate, the local Sirumalai banana and the Vellimalai Murugan temple.

A Murugan temple built in 1936, associated with the Kurinji flower that blooms once every twelve years, offering hill views about 3 km from Kodaikanal Lake.

A 1 km paved cliff-edge promenade laid out by Lt. Coaker in 1872, offering panoramic views over the valley and plains below Kodaikanal.