CHILLAMBARAM PAGODA is situated on the sea-coast of the Carnatic, 8 miles S. of Porto Novo, and 120 S.S.W. of Madras, and is held in high veneration by the Hindus. This structure extends 1332 feet by 936, and is entered by a lofty gateway under a pyramid 122 feet high, built of enormous stones, 40 feet long by five feet, and covered with ornamented plates of copper. In 1781 Sir Eyre Coote made an unsuccessful attack on a garrison in this pagoda, belonging to Hyder, who was defeated a few days after with great loss. E. Long. 79. 45. N. Lat. 11. 27.