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Featured: Tirupathur townDistrict capital carved from Vellore, base for the Yelagiri hills and the Kavalur observatory.
Leather-town baseHistoric leather-tanning town on the Palar between Ambur and Tirupathur.
Biryani-town baseLeather and Ambur-biryani town on the Chennai-Bangalore highway.
Railway-junction baseMajor railway junction town at the foot of the district's hills.
Featured: Yelagiri HillsThe Yelagiri hill station with Punganur lake, the Swamimalai trek and Jalagamparai falls.
Featured: Vainu Bappu Observatory, KavalurHill-foot town near the Vainu Bappu optical observatory at Kavalur.
Natrampalli area of the district.
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We have not published a story about Kandili itself yet. These cover Tirupathur, the district it sits in, and travel in Tamil Nadu generally.
We have not published a story about a place in Kandili itself yet. These are the nearest things we have written.
The Yelagiri hills, Asia’s largest optical telescope, a leather-and-biryani belt and the fought-over Carnatic capital — a guide to the two districts split from Vellore in 2019.
Cooler, greener and far less crowded than Ooty or Kodaikanal — a guide to Tamil Nadu’s quieter ranges, from the Kolli Hills’ 70 hairpin bends to sleepy Sirumalai, Yelagiri’s lakes and the wild Jawadhu and Kalrayan plateaux.
On a dark forested ridge above the leather towns of Tirupathur, a great dome shelters a 2.34-metre mirror that once ranked as Asia’s largest optical telescope — and caught early glimpses of a ring around Uranus and an atmosphere around a moon of Jupiter.
Top places to visit in Kandili include Sri Vekkaliamman Temple, Kandili — 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 Kandili 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.
