A photographic record of sacred architecture
Land of Kovils கோவில்
One hundred temples of the Tamil land, photographed and documented.
By region
Four historic countries of the Tamil land
Drag across the map to explore, tap a region to enter
Thondaimandalam தொண்டைமண்டலம் 27 temples
The northern country around Kāñchipuram and the old Pallava heartland — cave shrines, the earliest structural temples, and the great coastal monuments of Mahābalipuram.
Enter Thondaimandalam Chola Nadu சோழ நாடு 30 temples
The Kāvēri delta, the imperial Chōḷa country — Thanjāvūr, Gangaikoṇḍa Chōḷapuram, Dārāsuram — where the southern temple reached its fullest statement.
Enter Chola Nadu Kongu Nadu கொங்கு நாடு 3 temples
The western uplands around Kōyamputtūr and Karūr — a distinct temple country at the watershed between the Tamil plains and the Ghats.
Enter Kongu Nadu Pandya Nadu பாண்டிய நாடு 40 temples
The southern country of Madurai and the far coast — the Pāṇḍya and Nāyaka temple cities, the great gopuram fronts, and the land’s end at Kanyākumari.
Enter Pandya Nadu From the record
