Kanadukathan

“Chettinad's mansion town from above — terracotta roofs, white courtyards and temple tanks — with Karaikudi and an old rock fort close by.”

— KGR Gokul Photography, Chettinad, Tamil Nadu

Top-down view of a Chettinad mansion's terracotta roofs and white courtyards beside a dense green canopy

Aerial view of Kanadukathan's streets lined with red-roofed mansions and trees

Overhead view of a mansion's tiled roofs and open courtyards, trees pressing in from one side

Wide aerial view of Kanadukathan with a temple tank among the houses and farmland beyond

Cattle grazing at sunset on a lawn below a temple tower and an old fort built on a great rock

Aerial view of Kanadukathan's red-tiled Chettinad mansions stretching towards the horizon

Top-down view of a Chettinad mansion's terracotta roofs and white courtyards beside a dense green canopy

Aerial view of an ornate white Chettinad mansion under dark storm clouds

A temple tower reflected in a still tank, a carved stone elephant on the steps in the foreground

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