Sri Vekkaliamman Temple, Kandili

Tirupathur's signature hill station on a ~1,110 m Eastern Ghats plateau, reached by a road of 14 hairpin bends and known for its cool climate, orchards, rose gardens, boating and paragliding.

Man-made lake at the heart of Yelagiri, the hill station's most-visited spot, ringed by hills with a central fountain; pedal and row boating are the main draw.

Landscaped ~12-acre park near Punganur Lake with an artificial cascade, musical fountain, aquarium, children's play area and themed gardens; a standard family stop on the Yelagiri circuit.

A forest-department herbal park close to Punganur Lake growing medicinal herbs and plants used in Siddha and Ayurvedic preparations. It is a small educational nature stop showcasing the hill's rare medicinal flora.

Hillside temple dedicated to Lord Murugan (Velavan), one of the main devotional stops within the Yelagiri hill station, visited both for worship and for the valley views.

An artificial lake in Nilavoor village on the Yelagiri hills, flanked by a garden on its banks. It is a popular boating spot offering pedal and motorboat rides amid the hill scenery, and is quieter than the more central Punganur Lake.

Town built around one of South India's major railway junctions, where the Chennai-Bangalore and Chennai-Salem-Kerala lines diverge; a long-standing strategic rail hub and the rail gateway for Yelagiri.

Seasonal waterfall where the Attaru river drops over rocky ledges on the eastern flank of the Yelagiri hills, reached by a short downhill trek; strongest during and just after the monsoon.

The highest point of the Yelagiri hill station, reached by a trek of roughly 3 km from Punganur Lake. The summit offers a panorama over the whole hill station and surrounding valleys, making it Yelagiri's best-known trekking route.

A village in Tirupathur taluk that is one of Tamil Nadu's important prehistoric sites, excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India under S. R. Rao in 1964-65 and 1967-68. The digs revealed a Neolithic habitation level dated around 1390 BCE overlaid by a Megalithic period, with charred horse gram and green gram and black-and-red ware pottery. It documents one of the earliest farming settlements in northern Tamil Nadu.

Headquarters of Tirupathur district, carved out of Vellore in 2019; a trading centre for the surrounding agricultural belt and the gateway town for Yelagiri.

A revered Sufi shrine in Vaniyambadi, a town with a large Muslim population and many mosques in medieval and modern Islamic styles. The dargah draws devotees across faiths and is cited as a symbol of the town's tradition of inter-religious coexistence.