Brihadeeshwara Temple Built in the early Dravidian Style, the Brihadeeshwara temple has an enormous Sri vimana - a tower over its main sanctum that is 66.5km high. The monolithic granite block on top of the tall temple tower weighs 82 tonnes. This wall structure is a tribute to the genius of Chola architects and builders.

Art Gallery Saraswathy Mahal Library This vast structure of Masonry was built partly by the Nayaks around 1550 AD and partly by the Marathas. The Art Gallery contains granite and bronze statues from the 9th to 12th centuries and the Saraswathy Mahal library contains 30,000 volumes in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi. The volumes are mostly of palm leaves, and paper manuscripts.