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Madurai




Madurai
Photo Courtesy: McKay Savage on Flickr
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State Tamil Nadu
Distance 422 km from Bangalore (Driving Directions)
444 km from Chennai (Driving Directions)
Tags Pilgrim, Temples, Dams
Madurai is a temple town of India located in southern region of India. People from several different religions and cultures are residing in the place and all different kinds of festivals are celebrated in unison.

It is situated on the bank of river Vaigai and has been the kingdom of Pandya kings in the past century. The place has a great cultural heritage and strong mythology history to be passed on to the next coming generations. The place is more than 2500 years old and the commercial center was developed in 550 AD.

The city is constructed in the form of a lotus and is known as lotus city too. There is a beautiful temple constructed by the Pandyan kings and Lord Shiva is worshiped at the place. It was believed that divine nectar was showered at that place and due to it the Jasmine flowers bloom in the place all around. Jasmine flower too has its foundation in the city. In 16th century, it was ruled by Nayal emperors and also Christianity has been cultivated in these regions too.

The Tamil dynasty too had its footings long back in the pre-Christian area and it developed in association with Christianity in the place. Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple is the excellent master piece of the area. The temples are surrounded by concentric circles all around giving the essence of the cosmos, henceforth it is also known as the cosmos city. It has several small temples all around, rather there is a temple on every cross road of the city. It is aptly known as the temple city of India.


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vijay very good i didn't expert this much amount of photos

Posted by vijay 77 days ago
V.A.BALAKRISHNAN THERE IS NO WORD TO EXPRESS ABOUT MEENAKSHIS AFFECTION.
SUCH A WONDERFUL CALM PLACE. WHERE EVER I GO MY HEART
IS THERE ONLY. I SPEND MORE THAN 50 YEARS VERY PEACEFUL WITH POOR SALARY. THE STAMINA I GOT FROM GODDESS MEENAKSHI ONLY.
MADURAI WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL PLACE.
IN MY NEXT BIRTH ALSO I WANT TO BORN THEIR ONLY.

Posted by V.A.BALAKRISHNAN 20 days ago
B.SEETHALAKSHMI. MY JEEVAN IS ONLY MADURAI. SUCH AN EXCELLENT PLACE.
LOVABLE, SIMPLE & VERY AFFECTIONATE PERSONS.
BAKYAM IS MY FAVOURITE FRIEND. SHE HELPED ME IN SO MANY WAYS.
I LOVE MADURAI AND IAM ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MADURAI.

Posted by B.SEETHALAKSHMI. 20 days ago
B.SEKAR BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL GODDESS MEENAKSHI IS RULING MADURAI.
SO THE PEOPLE ARE LIVING HAPPILY. WHATEVER WE WANT SHE GIVES US. EVEN TODAY ALSO. GOOD FRIENDS, BEST TASTY FOOD & NICE CLIMATE. ONLY BEST MADURAI.

Posted by B.SEKAR 20 days ago
VIDYA SANKAR MY HEART IS FULL OF MADURAI ONLY. EVERY SECOND IAM THINKING ABOUT THE ENJOYABLE HAPPY MEMORABLE MADURAI DAYS ONLY.
VERY GOOD & BIG HOLY TEMPLE MEENAKSHI. ALSO PLENTY OF BEST TEMPLES ARE THEIR. NICE PERSONS. FINE FOODS. ONCE YOU VISIT MADURAI YOU DONT GO ANYWHERE.

Posted by VIDYA SANKAR 20 days ago

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