Crafts

Musical instruments

• Veenai making at Tanjore

• Thambura making at Tanjore

• Thavil making at Panruti

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Metal arts

• Bronze ornaments

• Panchaloka idols manufacturing near Kumbakonam

• Brass Lamps making at Nachiyar Koil near Kumbakonam

• Tanjore brass decorated plates

Handicrafts

• Tanjore Paintings

• Handmade tiles of Athangudi

• Pattamadai Mats near Tirunelveli

• Temple Jewelry at Nagercoil

• Bamboo baskets

• Palmira articles of Ramnad

• Earthern dolls(Golu Bommai) at Madurai and Kanchipuram

Stone carving

• Mahabalipuram has many people engaged in stone carving especially in Pallava style

• Woriyur near Trichy once famous but only few let in this area