Vaishnava Nambi Temple, Thirukkurungudi

A Pandya-era Shiva temple at Kalakkad, a Tevaram Vaippu Sthalam praised in hymns by the saints Appar and Manikkavasagar. Largely Pandya in construction with 13th-century reconstruction attributed to Veera Marthanda Varman, it is the principal ancient temple of the Kalakkad gateway to KMTR.

A 108 Divya Desam Vishnu temple at Nanguneri, one of the few where the deity receives a daily oil/ghee ablution, revered in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham hymns of Nammalvar.

A sandy beach at the fishing village of Kootapuli on the Radhapuram coast, facing the open sea near the southern tip of the district. The village, home to St. Joseph's Church, sits close to the Koodankulam coastline and offers a quiet stretch of the Tirunelveli seaboard.

A prominent Sufi dargah and mosque in Radhapuram taluk near the coast, its twin domes marking tombs traditionally attributed to the saints Hazrat Syed Ali Fathima and Hazrat Shegu Muhammad. Built in a Dravidian-influenced style with a pillared hall and a sacred tank, its annual kandoori festival draws pilgrims of all faiths.

A town on the Thamirabarani famed for the Pattamadai pai, a superfine korai-grass mat woven so tightly it can be folded like cloth, a GI-tagged handicraft once presented to royalty. The riverbank village is the traditional centre of this centuries-old silk-mat weaving craft.

A roughly 700-year-old Vishnu temple on the Thamirabarani about 16 km west of Tirunelveli, built under the Travancore Samasthanam. Its moolavar is a rare standing Krishna holding butter in both palms, and the maha mandapam walls carry over 40 carvings from the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavata.

An old Shiva temple at Melaseval village on the Ambasamudram road, standing near the larger Navaneethakrishnan temple. It is one of the Saivite shrines of the Thamirabarani belt west of Tirunelveli.

A Ramsar-listed sanctuary in Nanguneri taluk that is the largest breeding reserve for water birds in South India, protected by the local village community.

A working dam and a separate seasonal falls in the same foothill landscape. This pin records the named dam object; waterfall access must be checked independently.

A more than 1,000-year-old Vishnu temple on the Thamirabarani at Athalanallur, about 26 km from Tirunelveli in Ambasamudram taluk. The deity is worshipped as Bhoomi Neela Sameda Aadhimoola Perumal and is associated with the Gajendra Moksha legend.

A Shiva temple on the Thamirabarani near Tirunelveli, counted among the nine Nava Kailasam shrines of the river.

A Shiva temple on the right bank of the Thamirabarani, the second of the nine Nava Kailasam temples strung along the river.