The Hall of 1000 Pillars (in fact only 997) is in the northeast corner, full of carved, bizarre lion-elephants, and the Pandava brothers, the heroes from the Mahabharata from whom the Madurai Pandyas claim descent.
The Hall of 1000 Pillars actually only has 997 pillars.
The Hall of 1000 Pillars does indeed have exactly 1000 pillars.