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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 .
The Tamil speaking regions of Kanyakumari which was earlier a part of Travancore-Cochin was merged to Madras state. [ 5] Madras state had 13 districts namely: Chingleput, Coimbatore, Kanyakumari, Madras, Madurai, Nilgiris, North Arcot, Ramanathapuram, Salem, South Arcot, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli and Tirunelveli.
Madurai is one of the seven circles of the Tamil Nadu State Highway network. [ 120] Madurai is the headquarters of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Madurai) and provides local and inter city bus transport across four districts namely Madurai, Dindigul, Theni, and Virudhunagar. [ 121]
Website. maduraicorporation .co .in. The Madurai Metropolitan Area, is the 31st largest metropolitan area in India and is the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Tamil Nadu only next to Chennai, Coimbatore and Salem .The Madurai Metropolitan Area consists of the city of Madurai and its suburbs in Madurai district. [1] [2]
Pandya Nadu or Pandi Nadu is a geographical region comprising the southern part of the present day state of Tamil Nadu. The region is bounded on its West by the Venad / Ay Nadu, Northeast by the Chola Nadu and Northwest by the Kongu Nadu. It comprises the present-day districts of Madurai, Theni, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar ...
History. 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 ...
Dindigul District is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Dindigul District (6,266.64 km 2) is the largest district in Tamil Nadu by area. The district was carved out of Madurai District in 1985. It has an area of 6266.64 km 2 and comprises 3 revenue divisions, 10 taluks, and 14 panchayat unions. The district is located ...
Madura is a district were the centre of the Pandya kingdom and its capital city of Madurai was flourishing ever since the Sangam period. In the 10th century AD, the region was conquered by the rising Chola power. The Pandyas governed as subordinate from the 10th to the 13th century AD when they asserted their independence and established their ...