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Madurai is the oldest inhabited city in the Indian peninsula. It is the second largest city and a municipal corporation situated on the banks of the River Vaigai in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Madurai was built by the Pandyan king Kulasekhara and was the capital city of the great Pandya kings of South India. Madurai's cultural heritage goes back 2500 years, and the city has been an important commercial center and has conducted trade as far as Rome and Greece since as early as 550 C.E.
Madurai is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu. Madurai city has an area of 52 km², within an urban area now extending over as much as 130 km². It has an average elevation of 101 meters above mean sea level.
Tamil is spoken predominantly in and around Madurai. The dialect of "Madurai Tamil" differs from others such as Kongu Tamil, Nellai Tamil, Ramnad Tamil and Chennai Tamil. Along with Tamil, other languages spoken are Hindi,English,Telugu,Saurashtra, Malayalam,and Kannada. However the words of these languages have Tamil words mixed in with them. .
Madurai is a fascinating city, a place of pilgrimage, joy and in many ways the embodiment of Tamil Nadu's temple culture. Certainly the labyrinthine Meenakshi Temple celebrating the love of the Meenakshi goddess and her groom, Sundareswarar(the Handsome God) - an avatar of Lord Shiva is world renown.
Madurai's Meenakshi-Sundareswarar temple, which stands today as one of the India's greatest cultural and architectural landmarks, was originally built by the early Pandya King Kulasekara.
Thirumalai Nayakar Mahal
This palace complex was constructed in the Indo-Saracen style by Thirumalai Nayakar in 1636. It is a national monument and is now under the care of the Tamil Nadu Archaeological Department.
The original palace complex was four times bigger than the present structure. It was divided into two parts, Swarga-vilasa and Ranga-vilasa. In each of these there are royal residences, theater, shrines, apartments, armory, palanquin place, royal bandstand, quarters, pond and garden. The ceilings are decorated with large paintings showing Shaivite and Vaishnavite themes.
Azhagar Kovil, located about 25 km from the city, is a vishnu shrine. The location is surrounded by hills. The principal idol of the shrine is that of Lord Kallazhagar. The Tamil new year festival called Chittirai Thiruvizha has been celebrated for centuries in this temple. In the entrance of the Azhagar kovil one can view the Badhri Narayanan temple, built similar to Badrinath near Mount Kailash in northern India: the principal idol in this shrine represents Vishnu in a meditative posture, flanked by Nara-Narayan.
Gandhi Museum ; The museum displays information about Mahatma Gandhi, and most importantly it showcases the original blood-stained garment of Gandhi when he was assassinated by Nathuram Godse. The other piece of the garment is kept at the Gandhi Museum in Delhi.
Kazimar Big Mosque (Periya Pallivasal) ; This famous mosque (masjid) is located at the heart of Madurai city, within 500 metres of the Periyar(Central)bus stand and within 1 kilometre South East of the Madurai railway junction. Hazrat Kazi Syed Tajuddin, who came from Oman during late 12th century, received this land from the king, Koon Pandiyan, and constructed the mosque which is the earliest Muslim place of worship in Madurai.
Thiruparankundram ; The Thiruparankundram temple is about 8km or 5 miles from the Madurai city center, but very much part of the continuous sprawl of the temple town. This evocative cave temple is much older and has a more sacred atmosphere than the Meenakshi temple, particularly on Fridays, when women place candles or sit around the temple floor and create kolams or rangoli patterns on the ground using coloured poweders, ash and flowers as an offering to goddess Durga
St. Mary’s Cathedral
St. Mary’s Cathedral in Madurai is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madurai. One of the oldest Roman Catholic church situated at 2 km South East of Madurai Railway station and only 200 meters from the Thirumalai Nayak Mahal.
Kudal Azhagar Koil
A beautiful vishnu temple which has Navagraham also(Usually Navagraham is found only in shivan temple).There is a hayagrivar temple close to this temple where hayagrivar (kurma avataram) is the main deity. Most of the students do their regular prayer here as hayagrivar is the one who brought the epic fallen into water back to the earth. This is one of the temple found in center of city.
Madurai acts as a tourism hub of south Tamilnadu because of its strategic location .Apart from being the city to witness the sheer splendor of the temples' architecture, there are various tourist places around the temple city to make visiter's trip memorable.
Madurai is called 'Oxford of Asia'. Madurai has a literacy rate and human development index above the State average. Madurai Kamaraj University is situated in Madurai.
Madurai district is
one of the 31 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. The
city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the world famous
Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple and is situated on the banks of river Vaigai.
The temple with its four big towers (gopurams) and many other small towers is
a treat to the eyes.
Madurai, also known as "Athens of the East", is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu. The main kingdoms which ruled Madurai during various times are the Pandyas and the Nayaks.
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