Tamil Nadu North Coast Voyage Tips and guide

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Map of Tamil Nadu North Coast

• 12.00694479.8105561 Auroville — a popular spiritual and religious site near Pondicherry

• 12.69055679.9777782 Chengalpattu — Kolavai Lake hosts migratory birds such as the whiskered tern, Indian spot-billed ducks, moorhens, coots, and small waders

• 13.082580.2753 Chennai (Madras) — the capital of Tamil Nadu. One of India's four greatest cities.

• 11.39944479.6936114 Chidambaram (Thillai) — an important pilgrim centre and a holy place for Shaivites for the famous Nataraja Temple

• 12.792580.2535 Covelong and Muttukadu — two coastal towns south of Chennai

• 11.7579.756 Cuddalore — a town located along the Bay of Bengal, home to several temples and the famous Silver Beach

• 12.55756480.1754067 Kalpakkam — home to the famous Indira Gandhi Atomic Power Plant, a nuclear breeder reactor, plus a Dutch-era fort and an unspoilt beach

• 12.61972280.1944448 Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) — ancient temples and modern stone carvers, outstanding examples of Dravidian art and architecture

• 11.679.489 Neyveli —

• 11.9379.8310 Pondicherry (Puducherry) — the largest and former French colony in India offers a mixture of French and Indian architecture and culture

• 13.41666780.31666711 Pulicat (Pazhaverkadu) — former Dutch colony next to the Pulicat Lake

• 11.928179.644912 Thirubuvanai and Tiruvakkarai —

• 12.2579.6513 Tindivanam — home to Rajankulam, a 17th-century manmade pond, and the Sivan kovil and Perumal kovil temples

• 13.18333379.63333314 Tiruttani —

• 13.1579.91666715 Tiruvallur — famous for the temple of Sri Veeraraghava Swami and the 40-foot-tall Sri Viswaroopa Panchamukha Anjaneyaswami

• 11.579.3316 Virudhaachalam —