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Chettinad (செட்டிநாடு)
Chettinad (செட்டிநாடு), also called the Chettinad village clusters, is a Tamil Nadu region of 73 villages and 2 towns over 1,550 km², with 10,000-15,000 mansions built 1850s-1940s by the Nattukottai Chettiar banking community, on India's UNESCO Tentative List since 2014.
Dhanushkodi (தனுஷ்கோடி)
Dhanushkodi (தனுஷ்கோடி), the Ghost Town of India, is an abandoned town at the south-eastern tip of Rameswaram Island, Tamil Nadu, destroyed by the December 1964 cyclone, declared uninhabitable, and now a ruins-and-beach tourist site near Arichal Munai.
Kovalam (കോവളം)
Kovalam (കോവളം) is a Kerala coastal town near Thiruvananthapuram with three crescent beaches, Lighthouse, Hawa, and Samudra, a historic beach resort facing erosion and stalled tourism development.
Kumarakom (കുമരകം)
Kumarakom (കുമരകം) is a backwater village on Vembanad Lake in Kottayam district, Kerala, India, with a bird sanctuary, houseboat cruises, and Kerala's model Responsible Tourism program recognized by a UNWTO Ulysses Award.
Melukote (ಮೇಲುಕೋಟೆ)
Melukote (ಮೇಲುಕೋಟೆ), also Melkote or Thirunarayanapuram, is a temple town on Yadugiri hill in Mandya district, Karnataka, known for the Cheluvanarayana Swamy Temple, Ramanujacharya's headquarters, and the Vairamudi festival.
Parandur (பரந்தூர்)
Parandur (பரந்தூர்), a village in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, was chosen in 2022 as the site for the Chennai Greenfield Airport, a Rs 29,144-crore, 5,746-acre project abandoned by the state government in August 2026 after prolonged farmer protests.
Pedavegi
Pedavegi, also spelled Peddavegi, is a village in Andhra Pradesh, India, occupying the site of ancient Vengi, capital of the Salankayana, Vishnukundin, and Eastern Chalukya dynasties.
Pullareddigudem (Andhra Pradesh 59)
Pullareddigudem, a village in Macherla Mandal, Guntur (Palnadu), Andhra Pradesh, is the revenue village under which the Nagarjunakonda Buddhist site was notified; ASI monument serial 59 covers its mounds and the Hill of Nagarjunakonda.
Rasapūdipalem
Rasapūdipalem (Rasapudipalem, Raspari Palao) is a populated place in Visakhapatnam Rural, Andhra Pradesh, India, at 17.7331 N, 83.3162 E, GeoNames ID 1258393, near Visakhapatnam, elevation about 45 m.
Sabbavaram (సబ్బవరం)
Sabbavaram (సబ్బవరం) is a village and mandal headquarters in Anakapalli district, Andhra Pradesh, about 30 km from Visakhapatnam; 12,200 residents in 2011, literacy 73.49%, and start of the NH-516C six-lane Sabbavaram–Sheelanagar port road.
Vagamon
Vagamon (വാഗമൺ), also spelt Wagamon, is a hill station at 1,100 m on the Idukki–Kottayam border in Kerala, India, known for grasslands, pine forests, tea plantations, pilgrimage hills, paragliding, and India's longest 40-m cantilever glass bridge.