This pagoda is situated on the sea-coast of the Carnatic, eight miles south of Porto Novo, and 120 south-south-west of Madras, and is held in high veneration by the Hindus. The whole structure extends 1332 feet by 936, and is entered by a lofty gateway under a pyramid 122 feet high, built of enormous stones, forty feet long and more than five feet square, and all covered with plates of copper adorned with a variety of figures neatly executed. 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. Long. 79° 52' E. Lat. 11° 27' N.