What to expect
Highlights
- Sankaranarayanaswamy Temple, Sankarankovil — Houses the unique half-Shiva half-Vishnu deity Sankaranarayanar, symbolising the unity of Saivism and Vaishnavism; sand from the temple's sacred anthill (puttru) is taken as prasad, and the Aadi Thapasu festival draws large crowds.
- Puli Thevar Memorial Palace, Nerkattumseval — A government-built memorial at the former seat of the 18th-century Palaiyakkarar Puli Thevar, one of the earliest chieftains to resist the East India Company; displays weapons, statues and a library.
