Kappal Matha Church, Uvari

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 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 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 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 16th-century Nayak-era Vishnu temple renowned for its near life-size sculpted pillar figures, some of which produce musical notes when struck.

A Divya Desam Vishnu temple at the foot of the Western Ghats with a tall rajagopuram and five Nambi forms (standing, sitting, reclining and more) across its shrines.

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.

Tamil Nadu's 12th district museum, opened in 1992 at Palayamkottai, displaying bronzes, stone sculptures, hero stones, coins, palm-leaf manuscripts and prehistoric tools including finds from Adichanallur. Its galleries and dioramas showcase the region's tribal cultures and Tirunelveli folk arts.

The 1826 CMS cathedral of the CSI Tirunelveli Diocese, locally called 'Oosi Gopuram', built by Rev. Rhenius and a landmark of the region's mission history.

The famed 'dark shop' halwa outlet opposite the Nellaiappar temple, established in 1900 and unchanged since, source of the wheat-ghee Tirunelveli halwa the city is known for.

A vast twin Shiva (Nellaiappar) and Parvati (Kanthimathi) temple beside the Thamirabarani, famed for its musical stone pillars and the Chain (Mani) Mandapam linking the two shrines.

An ancient Ganesha temple on the Thamirabarani at Manimoortheeswaram, about 2 km from Tirunelveli Junction and claimed to be the largest Vinayagar temple in Asia. Over 1,000 years old, it enshrines the rare Uchishta Ganapathy form along with 31 other forms of Ganesha.