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According to Iravatham Mahadevan, a 2nd-century BCE Tamil-Brahmi inscription refers to the city as matiray, an Old Tamil word meaning a "walled city". [20]Madurai is one of the many temple towns known as Kadambavanam for its historic temples in India which is named after the groves, clusters or forests dominated by a particular variety of a tree or shrub and the same variety of tree or shrub ...
Madurai District is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the famous Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple and is situated on the banks of the river Vaigai .
The Madurai Metropolitan Area, is the 17th largest metropolitan area in India and is the third largest metropolitan area in the state of Tamil Nadu only next to Chennai, Coimbatore The Madurai Metropolitan Area consists of the city of Madurai and its suburbs in Madurai district. [1] [2]
Yali in pillars at Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple. Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple was built by Pandyan Emperor Sadayavarman Kulasekaran I (1190 CE–1205 CE). He built the main portions of the three-storeyed Gopuram at the entrance of Sundareswarar Shrine and the central portion of the Goddess Meenakshi Shrine, which are some of the earliest surviving parts of the temple.
National Highway 744 or NH 744 (earlier NH 208) [1] is a National Highway in Southern India that links Kollam in Kerala with Madurai in Tamil Nadu. [2] Starting from NH 66 at Chinnakkada in Kollam , it joins Tirumangalam in Madurai at National Highway 44 (India) .
Madurai East zone, Madurai West zone, Madurai North zone, Madurai South zone. Climate. This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (January 2013)
This is a route-map template for the Line 1 (Madurai Metro), a proposed rapid transit line in Madurai, India.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Villapuram is a neighbourhood in Madurai district [1] [2] [3] of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India.It is located at an altitude of about 155 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of (i.e., 9.895200°N, 78.120800