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Featured: Veeraraghava Swamy Temple, ThiruvallurDistrict capital and home of the Veera Raghava Swamy Divya Desam, base for the Poondi reservoir.
Featured: Thiruttani Murugan TempleHill temple town of Lord Murugan, one of the six Arupadai Veedu abodes, reached by 365 steps.
Northern-town baseNorthern taluk town on the road toward the Pulicat coast.
Border-town baseIndustrial junction town near the Andhra border and Pulicat.
Kosasthalaiyar baseRiverside town near the Periyapalayam Bhavani Amman temple.
Featured: Vadaranyeswarar Temple, TiruvalangaduTemple village of the Vadaranyeswarar 'Oordhva Thandavam' Nataraja shrine.
Featured: Fort Geldria and Dutch Cemetery, PulicatHistoric Dutch port of Pazhaverkadu on the Pulicat lagoon, with its fort, flamingos and beach.
Featured: Tiruverkadu Devi Karumariamman TempleThiruverkadu area of the district.
Periyapalayam area of the district.
Thirunindravur area of the district.
Featured: Siruvapuri Sri Balasubramania Swamy TempleSiruvapuri area of the district.
Thirumullaivoyal area of the district.
Poonamallee area of the district.
Thirupachur area of the district.
Thiruvenpakkam area of the district.
Pallipattu area of the district.
Kadambathur area of the district.
Ennore area of the district.
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We have not published a story about Koovam itself yet. These cover Thiruvallur, the district it sits in, and travel in Tamil Nadu generally.
We have not published a story about a place in Koovam itself yet. These are the nearest things we have written.
The satellite district beyond Chennai’s edge — a Divya Desam, a Murugan hill shrine, India’s second-largest brackish lagoon and a forgotten Dutch capital.
From the 18th-century heronry at Vedanthangal to the flamingo-pink lagoons of Point Calimere and Pulicat — where to watch birds in Tamil Nadu, and when.
Fifth of Murugan’s six war-camps, reached by 365 steps — one for each day of the year — Thiruttani is where legend says the warrior god cooled his anger and married Valli.
Top places to visit in Koovam include Thiripuranthakeswarar Temple, Thiruvirkolam (Koovam) — 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 Koovam 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.
