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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 ...
Tamil Nadu has the third largest economy of any state in India. [16] The state is also the most industrialised in the country. [17] [18] The state is 48.40% urbanised, accounting for around 9.26% of the urban population in the country, while the state as a whole accounted for 5.96% of India's total population in the 2011 census. [19]
Pages in category "Economy of Madurai" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M. Madurai Sungudi;
Madurai has been inhabited since at least the 3rd century BCE. [6] Megasthenes may have visited Madurai during the 3rd century BCE, with the city referred as "Methora" in his accounts. [ 7 ] The view is contested by some scholars who believe "Methora" refers to the north Indian city of Mathura , as it was a large and established city in the ...
Carpentry was practised as a hereditary profession. Sons of the carpenters learned their trade at an early age by making small toycarts for children. The carpenter assisted in home construction, ship building and chariot making. Making jaggery cakes out of the sugarcane juice, in rural factories was an organized activity.
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. Thiruparankundram is one of the major tourist place in the district. As of 2011 ...
Gopi Shankar Madurai [2] - The Commonwealth Awardee, [3] [4] Youngest candidate in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election and also the first openly Intersex & Genderqueer person to do so.
Corporation of Madurai is the civic body which administers the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India.Madurai is one of the oldest living cities in the world. Formed on 1 May 1971 as the first Municipal Corporation in Tamil Nadu post independence, it is the third largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu in population and revenue.