Bragatheeswarar Temple: The Big Temple built by the great Chola King, Raja RajaI in the 10th century AD is an outstanding example of the Chola architecture. Rajaraja Cholan built this Temple witha tall tower of 216 feet. Nandi, Bull is 12 feet tall, weighs around 25 tons and a Mandapam for the Nandi exists to protect it from sun and rain.

Sivagangai Garden:: It is said the original shrine of the goddess, was located in the adjoining sivagangai gardens and was later removed to the main courtyard of the temple. It is a very beautiful park, located north of the big temple. It has a good collection of beautiful flowers plants and birds and animals.

Saraswathi Mahal Library: This library has one of the most important oriental manuscripts collections, in India. Established around 1700 AD, it contains over 44,000-palm leaf, paper manuscripts in Indian and European languages. Over 80% of its manuscripts are in Sanskrit are rare and unique.

Palace: The Palace, on the east main street is a series of large and rambling buildings of fine masonry was built partly by Nayaks around 1550 AD, and partly by Marathas. On southern side of the third quadrangle is a Vimana like building, 190 feet high with eight storeys with Goodagopuram etc.