List of Monuments of National Importance in Chennai circle
This is a list of Monuments of National Importance (ASI) as officially recognized by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India in the Indian state Tamil Nadu. 403 Monuments of National Importance have been recognized by the ASI in Chennai circle of Tamil Nadu.[1] Due to the high amount of ASI-recognized monuments in the Chennai circle the monuments in the districts Kanchipuram and Pudukkottai are put in a separate list:
List of monuments in the Chennai circle
| SL. No. | Description | Location | Address | District | Coordinates | Image |
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| N-TN-C1 | Arsenal | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C2 | Big Warehouse | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C3 | Chaplian’s House | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C4 | Clive’s House | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C5 | Garrison Engineer’s Depot | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C6 | Guard Room | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C7 | King’s Barrack | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C8 | Last House On The Left Of ‘Snob’s Alley’ | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C9 | Nursing Sister’s House | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C10 | Old British Infantry Officer’s Mess | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C11 | Rampart, Gates, Bastion, Ravilions With Vaulted Chambers And Water Cisterns Underneath: Moat And Defence Walls All Round With Glacis To The Extent Of The Existing Barbed Wire Fence. | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C12 | St. Mary’s Church | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C13 | Wellesley’s House | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C14 | David Yale And Joseph Hynmer’s Tomb | Chennai | Chennai | 
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| N-TN-C15 | Old Town Wall | Tondiarpet | Chennai | |||
| N-TN-C16 | Muruganathasvami Temple | Tirumurugan-
poondi |
Coimbatore | 
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| N-TN-C17 | Nithisvarasvami Temple | Srimushnam | Cuddalore | |||
| N-TN-C18 | Chennaraya Perumal Temple Together With Adjacent Lands | Adiyamankottai | Dharmapuri | 
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| N-TN-C19 | Hill Fort | Krishnagiri | Dharmapuri | |||
| N-TN-C20 | Hill Fort | Rayakkottai | Dharmapuri | 
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| N-TN-C21 | Dindigul Fort | Dindigul | Dindigul | 
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| N-TN-C22 | Jain Temple | Mettupudur | Erode | |||
| N-TN-C23 | Sugrisvara Temple And Tank | Sircar Periyapalayam | Erode | 
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| N-TN-C77 | Head Sluice Periavoikal Nattuvoikal | Musiri | Karur | |||
| N-TN-C78 | Korangunatha Temple | Srinivasanallur | Karur | 
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| N-TN-C79 | Rock(Kulithalai) | Vaigainallur | Karur | |||
| N-TN-C80 | Alagarmalai Cavern With Panchapandava Beds Midway Between Algarmallai And Kidampatti | Melur | Madurai | 
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| N-TN-C81 | Jain Statues Rock Inscription And Panchapandava Beds On The Hill | Kalluthu | Madurai | |||
| N-TN-C82 | Rock Cut Bas Relief And Beds And A Mutilated Jain Stone Image | Karadipatti | Madurai | |||
| N-TN-C83 | Rock –Cut Bas Relief Of Jain Images With Inscription In Samanar Malai | Keelakuilkudy | Madurai | 
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| N-TN-C84 | Panchapandava Bed, Jain Statues, And Brahmi And Vatteluttu (Malai Inscription On The Panchapandar) | Kilaiyur Kilavalavu | Madurai | 
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| N-TN-C85 | Rock Cut Beds Under Natural
Rock Shelter In Amanarmalai Or Samanar Malai |
Melakuilkudy | Madurai | |||
| N-TN-C86 | Cave In Sitharmalai | Mettupatti | Dindigul | |||
| N-TN-C87 | Cavern With Panchapandava Beds On The Western Slope Of The Hills And Similar Beds | Tiruparankunram | Madurai | |||
| N-TN-C88 | Rock –Cut Cave And Inscription | Tiruparankunram | Madurai | 
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| N-TN-C89 | Ramapada Mandapam | Kodiakkadu | Nagapattinam | |||
| N-TN-C90 | Inscribed Stone | Kodiyakarai | Nagapattinam | |||
| N-TN-C91 | Town Gateway | Tranquebar
(Tarangambadi) |
Nagapattinam | 
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| N-TN-C92 | Hill Fort | Namakkal | Namakkal | 
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| N-TN-C93 | Sri Ranganatha Swamy And Sri Narasimha Swamy Temple | Namakkal | Namakkal | 
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| N-TN-C94 | [Brihadeeswarar Temple] | Gangaikonda Cholapuram | Perumbalur |  More images
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| N-TN-C95 | Jain Statue Built Of Granite | Jayankonda
cholapuram |
Perumbalur | |||
| N-TN-C96 | Jain Statue Called Paluppar | Jayankonda
cholapuram |
Perumbalur | |||
| N-TN-C97 | Fort | Ranjankudi | Perumbalur | |||
| N-TN-C98 | Shamshkhan’s Mosque | Vallapuram | Perumbalur | |||
| N-TN-C99 | Siva Temple | Valikantapuram | Perumbalur | 
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| N-TN-C186 | Remains Of Fort With Building Thereon: Fort of Attur | Attur | Salem | 
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| N-TN-C187 | Fort And Temple On The Hill | Chinna Kavandanur | Salem | |||
| N-TN-C188 | Boulder Stone Bed And Brahmi Inscriptions On The Hill And Rock-Cut Temple With Inscription At The Foot Of The Hill | Kunnakudi | Sivaganga | |||
| N-TN-C189 | Airavatesvara Temple[2] | Chatram Darasuram | Thanjavur | 10°56′54″N 79°21′24″E / 10.94841°N 79.356708°E |  More images
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| N-TN-C190 | Big Cannon (Rajagopaol Cannon) In The First Rampart and the Bastions in Ts No 608 Of Ward III | Thanjavur | Thanjavur | 
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| N-TN-C191 | Schwartz (Christ) Church | Thanjavur | Thanjavur | 10°47′09″N 79°07′53″E / 10.785722°N 79.131284°E | 
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| N-TN-C192 | Sivaganga Little Fort Enclosing The Big Temple | Thanjavur | Thanjavur |  More images
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| N-TN-C193 | Karuppannasvami Tock And Jain Sculpture | Uttamapalayam | Teni | |||
| N-TN-C194 | Fort Gateway | Tiruchchirappalli | Tiruchchirappalli | 
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| N-TN-C195 | Rock Fort | Rock Fort, Trichy | Tiruchchirappalli | 
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| N-TN-C195-a | Rock Fort: Lower Cave | Rock Fort, Trichy | Tiruchchirappalli | 
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| N-TN-C195-b | Rock Fort: Path Leading To The Site In Front Of The Lower Cave | Rock Fort, Trichy | Tiruchchirappalli | |||
| N-TN-C195-c | Rock Fort: Path Leading To The Upper Cave | Rock Fort, Trichy | Tiruchchirappalli | |||
| N-TN-C195-d | Rock Fort: Site In Front Of The Lower Cave | Rock Fort, Trichy | Tiruchchirappalli | |||
| N-TN-C195-e | Rock Fort: Upper Cave | Rock Fort, Trichy | Tiruchchirappalli | 
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| N-TN-C196 | Siva Temple (Erumbisvara Temple) | Tiruverumbur | Tiruchchirappalli | 
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| N-TN-C197 | Fort And Cemetery | Pulicat | Thiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C198 | Svayambunathar Temple | Kilputhur | Thiruvannamalai | |||
| N-TN-C199 | Rock-Cut Shrine | Kuranganilmuttam | Thiruvannamalai |  More images
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| N-TN-C200 | Rock Cut Caves, Sculptures And Inscriptions. | Mamandur | Thiruvannamalai | 
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| N-TN-C201 | Rock Cut Caves | Narasamangalam | Thiruvannamalai | 
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| N-TN-C202 | Chandramouliswara Temple | Nattery | Thiruvannamalai | |||
| N-TN-C203 | Rock Cut Temple And Sculptures | Siyamangalam | Thiruvannamalai | 
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| N-TN-C204 | Jain Temple | Tirumalai | Thiruvannamalai |  More images
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| N-TN-C205 | Natural Cavern Known As Virupakshi Cuha & Skandashram And Path Leading From Ramnasharam. | Tiruvannamali | Thiruvannamalai | _place.jpg)
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| N-TN-C206 | Adjoining Building To The Masjid And Two Ponds. | Arcot | Vellore | |||
| N-TN-C207 | The Cannon | Arcot | Vellore | |||
| N-TN-C208 | Delhi Gate | Arcot | Vellore | 
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| N-TN-C209 | Mashid And Two Ponds In The West Of The Citadel | Arcot | Vellore | |||
| N-TN-C210 | Ranganatha Temple | Erukkampattu | Vellore | 
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| N-TN-C211 | Monolithic Rock Cut Temple | Mahendravadi | Vellore | 
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| N-TN-C212 | Choleswara Temple | Melpadi | Vellore | |||
| N-TN-C213 | Somanatha Temple | Melpadi | Vellore |  More images
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| N-TN-C214 | North Eastern Corner Of The Outer Rampart Of The Old Fort At Arcot | Muppaduvetti | Vellore | |||
| N-TN-C215 | Rock Inscription On The Right Flank Of The Sholinghur Tank | Sholinghur | Vellore | |||
| N-TN-C216 | Konar Temple | Tirumalpur | Vellore | 
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| N-TN-C217 | Subramanya Temple | Vallimalai | Vellore | 
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| N-TN-C218 | Jain Sculpture And Inscription | Vallimalai | Vellore | |||
| N-TN-C219 | Fort | Vellore | Vellore | 
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| N-TN-C220 | Old Mosque In The Fort | Vellore | Vellore | |||
| N-TN-C221 | Jalkanteswara Temple | Vellore | Vellore | 
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| N-TN-C222 | Rock, Sculptures & Caves | Vilapakkam | Vellore | 
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| N-TN-C223 | Brahmapurisvara Temple | Brahmadesam | Villupuram | 
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| N-TN-C224 | Patalisvara Temple | Brahmadesam | Villupuram | |||
| N-TN-C225 | Rock Cut Pallava Temple | Dalavanur | Villupuram | 
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| N-TN-C226 | Alagiya Narasimha Perumal Temple | Ennayiram | Villupuram | 
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| N-TN-C227 | Fortress consisting of Hill Fort on the Rajagiri, the inner and lower fort, and lines of the fortification connecting Rajagiri, Krishnagiri and Chakkilidrug (Or) St. George’s mountain hills. | Gingee | Villupuram |  More images
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| N-TN-C228 | Minor And Lower Forts With Structures Like Inner Fort, Venugopala Temple. A Granary, A Gymnasium, Kalyanamahal, Stables, Barracks, Idols Of Kamalakanni Amman And Hanuman Etc. | Gingee | Villupuram | 
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| N-TN-C229 | Old Jail Near The Pondy Gate And Two Persian Inscriptions On The Outer Face Of The Two Last Bastions. | Gingee | Villupuram | |||
| N-TN-C230 | Saad-At-Ullah Khan Mosque With Persian Inscriptions, Inscription In Perian In Pond Gate | Gingee | Villupuram | |||
| N-TN-C231 | Two Granaries, A Magazine, A Flag Staff, Temples Of Ranganatha And Kamalakkani Amman, A Big Cannon, A Sacrificial Slab, The Audience Hall On The Rajagiri And The Treasury | Gingee | Villupuram | 
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| N-TN-C232 | Two Granaries, Well For Storing Of Ghee, Well For Storing Oil, Two Temples And An Audience Hall On The Krishnagiri. | Gingee | Villupuram | 
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| N-TN-C233 | Venkararamana Temple With Inscription In Tamil, Prisoners Well (Ab) | Gingee | Villupuram | 
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| N-TN-C234 | Pallava Rock-Cut Shrine | Kilmavilangai | Villupuram | |||
| N-TN-C235 | Rock Cut Shrine | Mandagapattu | Villupuram | 
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| N-TN-C236 | Outside The Fort-Pattabhirama Temple And 12 Pillared Mandapa | Narasingarayanan
pettai |
Villupuram | |||
| N-TN-C237 | Talagiriswara Temple And A Cave Containing An Image Of Durga And Pallava Inscription | Panamalai | Villupuram | 
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| N-TN-C238 | Apatsaheyeswara Temple | Sendamangalam | Virudhunagar | |||
| N-TN-C239 | 24 Jain Figure In Two Rows, A Standing Nude Figure, Two Fragments Of A Sitting Figure And Two Inscritpions On Tirunathankunru. | Sirukadambur | Villupuram | |||
| N-TN-C240 | Vinnamparai Rock Containing Pallava Inscriptions | Thondur | Villupuram | |||
| N-TN-C241 | Tirumalai Nayaka Palace | Srivilliputtur | Virudhunagar | |||
| N-TN-C264 | Excavated remains and buddhist vihara and temple , pallananesvaram | Melaiyur | Nagapattinam | |||
| N-TN-C344 | Kambarmedu | Melaiyur | Nagapttinam | |||
| N-TN-C345 | Megalithic Cists and Cairns | Karai | Perambalur | |||
| N-TN-C369 | Megalithic Cists and Cairns | Amirtha
Mangalam |
Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C370 | Virigin Group Containing many Burrows. | Attanthangal | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C371 | Megalithic Cists | Chedalpakkam | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C372 | Megalithic Cists and Cairns | Neyveli | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C373 | Urn Burials | Palavakkam | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C374 | Megalithic Cists and Cairns | Pammadukulam | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C375 | Megalithic Cists and Cairns | Panchali | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C376 | Megalithic Cairns with bounding Stone Circles. | Pandur | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C377 | Megalithic Cists and Cairns | Pondavakkam | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C378 | Megalithic Cists and Cairns | Pottur | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C379 | Prehistoric Settlement Site (Megalithic Period) | Pulal | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C380 | Cairn Site | Sengarai | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C382 | Megalithic Cists and Cairns | Siruvadu | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C383 | Megalithic Cists and Cairns | Tadipadi | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C384 | Megalithic Cists and Cairns with Bounding Stone Circles. | Vanmalli | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C385 | Megalithic Cists and Cairns | Virakuppam | Tiruvallur | |||
| N-TN-C386 | Prehistoric Site | Mottur | Tiruvannamalai | |||
| N-TN-C387 | Megalithic Cists and Cairns | Nedungal | Tiruvanamalai | |||
| N-TN-C388 | Megalithic Cists | Tellur | Tiruvanamalai | |||
| N-TN-C389 | Megalithic Cists | Tetturai | Tiruvanamalai | |||
| N-TN-C390 | Megalithic Cists | Venkunnam | Tiruvanamalai | |||
| N-TN-C391 | Prehistoric Site | Adichanallur | Tuticorin | |||
| N-TN-C392 | Prehistoric Site | Kalvoi | Tuticorin | |||
| N-TN-C393 | Prehistoric Site | Karungulam | Tuticorin | |||
| N-TN-C394 | Urn Burial Site | Kadagambattu | Villupuram | |||
| N-TN-C395 | Megalithic Cairns and Stone Circles | Sengamedu | Villupuram | |||
| N-TN-C396 | Megalithic Stone Circles | Tiruvakkarai | Villupuram | |||
| N-TN-C397 | Dolmens Near Palamalai | Adukkam | Dindigul | |||
| N-TN-C398 | Mandapakkadu (Structure With Mound) | Chettipalayam | Coimbatore | 
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| N-TN-C399 | Prehistoric Site (Known as Pandava Graves) | Kanyampundi | Coimbatore | 
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| N-TN-C400 | Dolmens Near Machur Reserved Forest | Panaikkadu | Dindigul | |||
| N-TN-C401 | Dolmens Near Machur | Panaikkadu | Dindigul | |||
| N-TN-C402 | Dolmens Near Talayar River On Top Of The Hill | Panaikkadu | Dindigul | |||
| N-TN-C403 | Dolmens | Panaikkadu | Dindigul |
See also
- List of Monuments of National Importance in India for other Monuments of National Importance in India
- List of State Protected Monuments in Tamil Nadu
References
- ↑ "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of Chennai Circle - Archaeological Survey of India". asi.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ↑ http://atmaprajnananda.blogspot.in/2012/10/airavateswara-temple-darasuram.html
- ↑ http://atmaprajnananda.blogspot.in/2012/10/airavateswara-temple-darasuram.html
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