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Madurai

Madurai has its own airport, situated around 10 kms from the city. It has daily direct flights from Chennai, Bangalore, Trichy, and Coimbatore. Madurai is a very important railway station and comes under the fold of the Southern Railways. It is directly connected to places like Tirunelveli and Chennai.

One of its assets is the Vaigai Express between Madurai and Chennai Egmore which covers the distance of 495 kms in less than seven hours.

The state of Tamil Nadu is known for its excellent roads. Madurai is very well connected by roads with different parts of the state and the surroundings. Madurai city itself has five major bus stands.

Situated on the banks of river Vaigai, Madurai has a rich cultural heritage passed on from the great Tamil era more than 2500

The Madurai city has 3 hills as its city boundary. Yanaimalai, Nagamalai, Pasumalai named after Elephant, Snake and Cow respectively. It is famous for Jasmine Flowers. Jasmine flowers are transported to other cities of India from Madurai.

Tours to Madurai - As the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu, Madurai has a lot of tourist attractions . The Meenakshi Temple complex is factually a city, one of the largest of its kind in India and unquestionably one of the oldest too. The temple grew with the contribution of each dynasty and victorious monarchs, into a massive complex extending over an area of 65000 Sq m.

The temple first came in to being 2000 years ago and was significantly lengthened during the regime of Thirumalai Nayak.

The Thirupparankundram Temple is located 8 Kms South of Madurai Railway Junction. The temple here is one of the six abodes of Lord Subramanya. Its innermost shrine is cut out of a solid rock. About 21 Kms North East of Madurai, stands a celebrated Vishnu Temple dedicated to Lord Alagar. The temple is situated on a hill amidst panoramic surroundings. The shrine is known as Alagarkoil and the hill, Solaimalai.

The Gandhi Museum , located in the old palace of Rani Mangammal depicts the highlights of the freedom struggle and contains a picture gallery of the Gandhian movement. The Mariamman Teppakulam is a beautiful square tank spread over a huge area of almost 16 acres, located about 5 Kms East of Meenakshi Temple. The tank is the scene of the colorful float festival held in January/February to celebrate the birth anniversary of King Thirumalai Nayak, who built this tank.

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