Vijayalaya Choleeswaram, Narthamalai

A natural cavern in the Narthamalai hill group containing polished rock-cut stone beds where Jain ascetics practised austerities, similar to those at Sittanavasal's Ezhadippattam. The facade bears Tirthankara relief sculptures and early inscriptions, marking Narthamalai as a significant ancient Jain centre. Broken Jaina idols and further reliefs are found near the nearby Palli-k-kulam tank.

A cluster of temples at the foot of Kadambarmalai hill in the Narthamalai group, distinct from the better-known Vijayalaya Choleeswaram. It includes the Kadamba Nayanar (Shiva) shrine, a shrine to the goddess Mangalambikai and another called Nagarisvaram. The complex reflects the layered Chola and Pandya religious activity across the Narthamalai hills.

A natural cavern on the Sittanavasal hill with polished rock beds and Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions used by Jain ascetics, part of a Sramana pilgrimage centre active from the 1st century BCE to the 9th century CE.

A 2nd-century Jain rock-cut cave temple famed for its Pandya-era fresco murals of a lotus pond, dancers and animals, regarded as second only to Ajanta among Indian cave paintings.

A Pallava rock-cut Shiva temple carved around the mid-7th century by Mahendravarman I, with goddess Brihadambal as the tutelary deity of the Tondaiman kings of Pudukkottai.

A major museum founded in 1910 with 18 galleries spanning archaeology, bronzes, sculpture, geology and anthropology, housing the former princely state's art collection.

The palace of the Thondaiman rulers of the former princely state of Pudukkottai, built in 1930 by Raja Rajagopala Thondaiman, the last monarch, in an Indo-Saracenic Dravidian style. It today houses the District Collector's office. It is the surviving royal landmark of the town's heritage core, whose planned layout was itself an early example of formal town planning in the region.

An 8th-century Muttaraiyar rock-cut Shiva cave temple with a hundred-pillared mandapa and over 60 inscriptions, prized for its early bronze images.

A Roman Catholic shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Good Health, first built in 1547 and rebuilt in 1747. It is associated with the Italian Jesuit missionary and Tamil scholar Constanzo Beschi (Veeramamunivar), who served here. The church is a well-known Christian pilgrimage centre with an annual September feast.

A Shiva temple where the deity is worshipped as Arangulanathar with his consort Brahadambal (Periyanayaki). It is a Vaippu Sthalam praised in the Tevaram hymns of Sambandar and is traditionally linked to the Sangam-era Chola king Karikala. The temple has a large hundred-pillar hall, and a superb Nataraja bronze from here is now displayed at the National Museum, New Delhi.

A rock-cut Vishnu cave temple with a large reclining Anantapadmanabha figure, painted stucco reliefs and 10th-century inscriptions, cut into a granite hillock south of the village.

An 8th-century Pallava-era rock-cut Shiva cave temple on the same Malayadipatti hillock as the Vishnu shrine, the older of the two, with carved reliefs and early inscriptions.