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Avaniapuram is a neighbourhood in Madurai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. As of 2011, the municipality had a population of 89,635. It was annexed with the Madurai Municipal Corporation in 2011. The locality is famous for Jallikattu (bull taming sport) which happens on Pongal day.
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 ...
Vasantha Nagar is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Vasantha Nagar is located at an altitude of about 159 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of 9°54′27″N 78°06′00″E / 9.907500°N 78.099900°E / 9.907500; 78.099900
Thiruparankundram, also spelled Tirupparankundram or Tiruparangundram, is a neighbourhood in Madurai city in Tamil Nadu, India. It is about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Periyar Bus Terminus, the centre of the city and constitutes the southwest part of the Madurai city. The town's landmark and fame is the huge monolithic rock hill that towers to a ...
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]
Koodal Nagar has a railway station in which some of the trains entering Madurai city stop for a while for the passengers to detrain. [6] Bharat Gaurav train bound for Amritsar and back departs and arrives from Koodal Nagar. [7] Madurai Junction railway station which is busy round the clock is situated at about 6.5 km from Koodal Nagar.
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 9°53′42.7″N 78°07′14.9″E / 9.895194°N 78.120806°E / 9.895194; 78.120806 (i.e., 9.895200°N, 78.120800