Parsvanatha Jain Temple, Valathi

A ruined hill fort on an isolated granite hill rising about 437 feet, roughly 12 km east of Tindivanam. It was fortified during the Vijayanagara period in the 14th century and contended over in later regional conflicts. The same hill carries the old Mukyachaleeswarar Shiva temple, said to be around 900 years old.

A hilltop Murugan shrine near Tindivanam reached by a flight of steps, popular with pilgrims for its monumental gopuram tower.

A centuries-old Jain monastery (math) seat of the Bhattaraka pontiffs, housing Parshwanath idols and traditional residences within a walled courtyard complex.

An irrigation dam and reservoir on the Malattar river feeding farmland across the district. The reservoir and its surroundings are a local picnic and scenic spot, especially when water is released during the monsoon.

One of the earliest Pallava rock-cut cave temples, excavated by King Mahendravarman I in the early 7th century, pre-dating the monuments of Mamallapuram. A Sanskrit foundation inscription records that it was made without brick, timber, metal, mortar or stucco. It is a protected Archaeological Survey of India monument, with Jain rock beds cut into the hill above the Shiva cave.

A Vishnu temple famous for detailed Tamil inscriptions from the reign of Rajendra Chola I documenting a large residential Vedic college and hostel run in its precincts. The inscriptions record instruction in the Vedas, grammar, logic and Vedanta and provision to feed hundreds of scholars. It is a key record of Chola-era higher education.

A Chola-era Shiva temple traditionally attributed to the queen Sembiyan Mahadevi, with the deity Chandramouleeswarar and consort Tenambikai. It is noted for fine stone sculpture and a large chariot-like mandapa with big Nandi and Ganesha carvings. It sits close to the well-known National Fossil Wood Park at the same village.

A site near Gingee featuring a reclining Vishnu (Anandasayana Perumal) depicted as a rock bas-relief, together with early Jain rock beds and Tirthankara carvings on the same outcrop. It reflects the layered Vaishnava and Jain heritage of the Gingee hinterland.

A national geo-heritage site preserving 20-million-year-old petrified and fossilised tree trunks scattered across a protected scrubland area.

A Buddhist vihara in the Vanur area of the district near Auroville, listed among the district's tourist places by the district administration. It serves as a modern Buddhist worship and meditation centre in the region.

An early Pallava-period structural Shiva temple, among the earliest stone temples of the dynasty, notable for its sculptural work predating the more famous Kanchipuram temples.

A 7th-century Pallava rock-cut cave temple bearing an inscription of Mahendravarman I describing himself as 'Vichitrachitta', regarded as one of the earliest rock-cut temples in Tamil Nadu.