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Madurai

Administration
Native ameMadurai
Other nameமதுரை
NicknameAthens of the East
TypeCity
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictMadurai district
Government
MayorThenmozhi Gopinathan
Geography
Total Area20 sq mi (51.82 km2)
Altitude8 m
Demography
Total Population1016885 (2011)
Metro Population1462420 (2011)
Other information
Time zoneIST (UTC+5:30)
Pincode625 0xx
Telephone452
VehicleTN-58,TN-59 and TN-64

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Madurai ( , -tamɐd̪ɯrəj; formerly Madura) is the third largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It served as the capital city of the Pandyan Kingdom. It is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District and is famous for its temples built by Pandyan and Madurai Nayak kings in the Dravidian style of architecture. It is also one of India's prominent Hindu pilgrimage centres.

Madurai's recorded history goes back to the 3rd century BC and the city is mentioned by Megasthenes, the Greek ambassador to India and Kautilya, the minister of the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. The city was the principal administrative and cultural centre of the Pandyan dynasty which ruled over the southern parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala till the first half of the 14th century AD. In about 1311, the Pandyan dynasty was overthrown by the Delhi Sultanate which established the province of Ma'bar which later became independent as the Ma'bar Sultanate. When the Ma'bar Sultanate began to decline in the latter years of the 14th century, Madurai was absorbed into the Vijayanagar Empire. The viceroys of the Vijayanagar Empire established the Madurai Nayak kingdom and ruled as independent kings from 1559 to 1736. After a brief period of occupation by Chanda Sahib and the Carnatic kingdom, Madurai was annexed by the British East India Company in 1801.

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Good rains in Madurai, Theni, Dindigul districts - IBNLive.com Tweet this news
IBNLive.com--PTI | 01:04 PM,Apr 23,2011 -Madurai-, Apr 23 (PTI): Summer rains lashed several parts of -Madurai-, Theni and Dindigul districts, giving relief to people from the sweltering heat. The Periyar dam received an inflow of 625 cusecs, pushing up t - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 08:15:04 GMT+00:00
Close shave for passengers as van goes up in flames - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--He is running a cab agency in -Madurai-. "There was some leakage from the LPG cylinder that caused the fire. No one sustained any injuries. All of them are safe," said P Thirumeni, inspector, Ukkadam police station. A cas - Date : Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:38:21 GMT+00:00
Kodai gearing up for golden jubilee flower show - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India---MADURAI-: Kodaikanal the princess of hill stations in Dindigul district is all set for a golden jubilee of its flower show on May 21 and 22. With tourists inflow into the hill resort steadily climbing, authorities are adding several new v - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:07:12 GMT+00:00
Differing versions of cause of death: HC allows lifer appeal - IBNLive.com Tweet this news
IBNLive.com--PTI | 01:04 AM,Apr 24,2011 -Madurai-, Apr 23 (PTI) A Division Bench of the Madras High has allowed an appeal filed by two fishermen, convicted for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, on the ground that the prosecution had let in contra - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:14:49 GMT+00:00
Rajnikant fans start painting Madurai - Central Chronicle Tweet this news
Central Chronicle--Political posters that were removed from the walls of -Madurai- have slowly started reappearing post-elections. But the biggest of them have been put up by Tamil film icon Rajnikant's fans asking their star why he is hesitant to en - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:22:04 GMT+00:00
My statement misinterpreted: Madurai Collector - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--The -Madurai- District Collector and District Election Officer, U. Sagayam, has submitted before the Madras High Court that he had never said a change of government should come through election. In his counter to a writ petition, he said his st - Date : Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:07:33 GMT+00:00
Bavdhan suicide: Pune police return empty-handed from Madurai - Daily News & Analysis Tweet this news
Daily News & Analysis--By DNA Correspondent | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA The city police have returned empty-handed from -Madurai-, in Tamil Nadu, as they could not arrest Sangita Vishnuvardhan, her mother AM Ramila, brother MA Vinod and a relative, - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:04:59 GMT+00:00
SSIs backbone of the country's economy: foreign trade official - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--D. Gajapathy, Joint Director General of Foreign Trade addressing a meeting in -Madurai- on Thursday. Photo: K.Ganesan. Small Scale Industries, which bring into the country the maximum amount of foreign exchange, are the backbone of the nation&a - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:54:39 GMT+00:00
How Vasantha Balan recreated the 18th century - BehindWoods Tweet this news
BehindWoods--Vasantha Balan finally zeroed in on the Arittapatti Hill near -Madurai- as he felt that the place is replete with caves, hills, valleys and streams which he required for Aravaan. Art director Vijay Murugan brought to life what Vasantha Balan - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:38:01 GMT+00:00
Look who headed South to vote! - Daily News & Analysis (blog) Tweet this news
Daily News & Analysis (blog)--Rajendran Appadurai is excited about his visit to his native place Elumalai in Tamil Nadu's (TN) -Madurai-. Back after polling on April 13th this 30-year-old migrant mason from an 8000 plus Tamil settlement inside Aa - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:42:54 GMT+00:00



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