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Featured: Kasi Viswanathar Temple, TenkasiThe Western-Ghats town base for the tall-gopuram Kasi Viswanathar temple and the Karuppanadhi dam country.
Featured: Main Falls, CourtallamThe 'Spa of South India' base for the Main, Old, Tiger, Honey and Shenbaga Devi falls and the Kutralanathar temple.
Featured: Sankaranarayanaswamy Temple, SankarankovilThe northern temple-town base for the Sankaranarayanar shrine and the Puli Thevar heritage at Nerkattumseval.
Featured: Honey Falls (Thenaruvi), CourtallamThe western railway-gateway town toward the Kerala border.
Featured: Thirumalapuram Rock-Cut Cave TemplesThirumalapuram area of the district.
Pottalpudur area of the district.
Sundarapandiapuram area of the district.
Uthumalai area of the district.
Kadayanallur area of the district.
Vasudevanallur area of the district.
Thiruvengadam area of the district.
Alangulam area of the district.
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We have not published a story about Shencottai itself yet. These cover Tenkasi, the district it sits in, and travel in Tamil Nadu generally.
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Where the Chittar spills off the Ghats over herb-clad slopes, a cluster of waterfalls long called the ‘Spa of South India’ draws bathers through the south-west monsoon.
A realistic two-day plan for Nellai country — the great Nellaiappar temple, the lamplit Iruttu Kadai halwa shop and Krishnapuram, then a full day in the Courtallam (Kutralam) waterfalls and the green Ghats at Manimuthar and Papanasam.
How a Pandya king built a southern Varanasi at the foot of the Western Ghats — and why its towering, finely carved gopuram is worth the journey.
Top places to visit in Shencottai include Sengottai Perumal Temple — each has a full guide with how to reach it and what to see nearby on this page.
November to February is the coolest, most comfortable season to visit Shencottai and the rest of Tamil Nadu. April to June is very hot, and the October–December north-east monsoon brings the delta its main rains.
