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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 ...
Pages in category "Cities and towns in Madurai district" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Madurai (district) Usage on no.wikipedia.org Madurai (distrikt) Kategori:Personer fra Madurai District i Tamil Nadu; Usage on pl.wikipedia.org Madurai (dystrykt) Usage on pnb.wikipedia.org ضلع مادورائ; تمل ناڈو دے ضلعےآں دی لسٹ; Usage on ru.wikipedia.org Мадурай (округ) Usage on sat.wikipedia.org
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 ...
Cities and towns in Madurai district (2 C, 25 P) E. ... Pages in category "Madurai district" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
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]
Between 1960 and 1980, three additional districts were formed. In the late eighties, five more districts were bifurcated from existing districts. Ten more districts were formed in the nineties, taking the total count to 30. Three new districts were bifurcated in the 2000s. In 2019–20, five more districts were formed for a total of 38 districts.
It is located 4 km South of Madurai headquarters, 9 km from Tirupparangunram. 492 km from State capital Chennai. Madurai Airport is located in 1.5 km from Chinthamani. Anuppanadi ( 1 km ), Sourastra Teachers Colony ( 1 km ), Keerathurai ( 1 km ), Villapuram ( 2 km ), Rajamaan Nagar ( 2 km ) are the nearby villages.