Kodumudi Magudeswarar Temple

A roughly 90 km irrigation canal built in the 13th century by Kongu chieftain Lingaya Kalingaraya Gounder, linking the Bhavani and Noyyal rivers — one of the oldest river-linking irrigation projects in India.

A bird sanctuary built around the Periyakulam tank near Vadamugam Vellode, about 12 km from Erode, drawing thousands of migratory birds — pelicans, spoonbills, storks and ducks — between November and March.

A CSI church consecrated in 1933, built by missionary Rev. Antony Watson Brough in Indo-Saracenic style within the CSI institutions campus at Erode Fort.

The childhood home of social reformer Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, widely known as Periyar. Born in Erode in 1879, he is remembered here through personal belongings, photographs and writings.

A multipurpose government museum on Brough Road, established 1987, holding collections of art, archaeology, anthropology, numismatics and natural history, including Kongu Chola inscriptions and Thanjavur paintings.

The Periya Mariamman Temple stands in the heart of Erode city, opposite the Corporation building near Panneer Selvam Park, and is dedicated to the goddess Mariamman. It is traditionally held to have been built by the Kongu Cholas around 1,200 years ago. The temple is a prominent local pilgrimage centre known for its Mariamman festival.

This Vishnu temple in Erode city is dedicated to Kasthuri Aranganathar (Ranganatha) and goddess Kamalavalli, and is attributed to the Chola king Parantaka I, making it about 1,080 years old. Its name derives from a legend in which a pregnant woman offered kasthuri (herbal medicine) to the deity for a safe delivery. It is counted among the historic Kongu-region temples and lies within walking distance of the Periya Mariamman Temple.

A hilltop temple to Lord Murugan (Arulmigu Velayuthaswamy) on the Thindalmalai hillock about 7 km from Erode city, known for its golden temple chariot that circles the hill during festivals.

An ancient hilltop Murugan shrine reached by a stairway of about 1,320 steps or a road with nine hairpin bends, roughly 28 km from Erode, linked to the Kanda Sashti Kavasam line "Siragiri Velavan".

Kodumanal is a major Sangam-age archaeological site on the northern bank of the Noyyal River, identified with the ancient Chera trade town of Kodumanam. Excavations have revealed advanced iron- and steel-working furnaces, gemstone bead workshops, Roman artefacts and a bronze lion. It was a key industrial and trading centre on the route to Muziris and Kaveripoompattinam around 500 BCE.

A large Shiva temple at Kooduthurai in Bhavani town, built at the confluence of the Kaveri, Bhavani and the mythical Amudha rivers, revered as the Dakshina Triveni Sangamam ("Triveni Sangamam of the South").

The riverside confluence and bathing ghat at Bhavani where the Kaveri, Bhavani and mythical Amudha rivers meet, adjoining the Sangameswarar Temple — a pilgrimage spot for ancestral rites, known as the Triveni Sangamam of the South.