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Dindigul is a town that has three things every Tamil household knows by name. There is the Rock Fort — the granite-hilltop citadel built in 1605 by the Madurai Nayak king Muthu Krishnappa Nayakar, later contested by Tipu Sultan, with the Abirami Amman Temple at its summit and views across the plains. There is the Dindigul Lock — two hundred years of brass-and-iron padlocks still tumbled out of the workshops between Begambur and Salai Road, and still the lock of choice for many a temple sanctum across south India. And there is the Dindigul Biryani — the jeera-samba-rice variant born in a single Anna Nagar shop, peppery and curd-set, that went on to become a name eaten across the country. Order before 8 PM for same-day delivery, or any time up to 12:00 AM midnight for a next-day slot — both options are standard. Even a long Tamil-Nadu evening softens when something blooms on the dining table.