About Madurai

 

 

Madurai is the oldest inhabited city in the Indian peninsula. It is referred to with names like Koodal Maanagar, Thoongaa Nagar (Sleepless City), Malligai Maanagar (City of Jasmine) and Athens of the East. It is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and is a municipal corporation situated on the banks of the River Vaigai in Madurai district.

Madurai is one of the oldest cities of India, with a history dating all the way back to the Sangam period of the pre Christian era. The glory of Madurai returned in a diminished form in the earlier part of this millennium; it later on came under the rule of the Vijayanagar kingdom after its ransack by the ravaging armies of Delhi (Malik Kafur). During the 16th and 18th centuries, Madurai was ruled by the Nayak Emperors, the foremost of whom was Tirumalai Nayakar. The Sangam period  poet Nakkeerar is associated with some of the Tiruvilayaadal episodes of Sundareswarar - that are enacted as a part of temple festival traditions even today.

 

Important Informations

 

• Area     22 Sq. Kms ( 8.56 Sq. Miles) 
• Population     10.9 lacks (As per 1991 Census) 
• Clothing    Tropical
• Season    Throughout the year
• Languages Spoken  Tamil, English, Sourashtra 
• STD Code  :   (Direct Dialing Code)   0452  

 

Hospitals

Saraswathi Laser Eye Hospital & Research Centre
199, East Veli Street, Madurai - 625 001.
Tamil Nadu, India, Phone : 2625060

Government Rajaji Hospital Goripalayam, Madurai - 625 002,
Tamil Nadu, India, Phone 2532535
 
 
Apollo Hospitals Lakeview Road, K.K.Nagar,
Madurai - 625 020.Tamil Nadu, India 2581147, 2581150
 
Meenakshi Mission Hospital Lake Area Melur Road,
Madurai - 625 007, Tamil Nadu, India 2588741 
 
Jeyalakshmi Heart Care Centre Madurai,
Tamil Nadu, India 2741278, 2743278
 
Christian Mission Hospital East Veli Street,
Madurai - 625 001. Tamil Nadu, India, Phone : 2626458 

Grace Kennett Foundation Hospital No.34 Kennet Rd,
Madurai-625 010 Tamil Nadu, India, Phone: 2302154, 2601767

Kumaran Hospital  61-62 Kamarajar Salai,
Madurai - 625009, Tamil Nadu, India, Phone : 2624200 
 
 
Madurai Nadar Uravinmurai Hospital Madurai
Tamil Nadu, India, Phone :  2628408

Vadamalayan Hospital 9-A Vallabai Road,
Madurai - 625002,Tamil Nadu, India , Phone :  2532180
 
 
Madurai Kidney Centre & Transplantation Research Institute 
6/6-B2 Sivagangai Road, Madurai - 625020, Tamil Nadu, India ,Phone :2534566 
 
 
Shree Krishna Childern’s Hospital  7 Scot Road, Meena Bazzar,
Madurai - 62500,Tamil Nadu, India, Phone : 2238055 
 

Sugam Siddha Research Centre
26,Gurunathan Kovil St, Avaniapuram, Madurai - 625016
Tamil Nadu, India, Phone : 2675216 
 
 
 
Education

Madurai has excellent educational infrastructure with 95 schools, 32 Arts & Science Colleges, 7 engineering colleges, 11 pharma colleges and 12  politechnics.

  

Transportation

• Air : There are daily flights to Madurai from Chennai, Bangalore,Tiruchi & Coimbatore. Madurai Airport is 10 Kms away from Madurai City.
• Train : Madurai is an important railway junction of the Southern Railway and is directly connected to Chennai and Tirunelveli. Madurai is on the Madurai-Tiruchirappalli-Dindigul-Quilon line. The Vaigai Express, which is a super-fast day train between Chennai Egmore and Madurai takes 7 hours for the 495kms.
• Road : There are excellent roads connecting Madurai to all parts of South India.  Madurai City has 5 Major Bus Stand.

Distance from major cities

• Ahmedabad 1938
• Allahabad 2100
• Bangalore 446
• Bhubaneshwar 1679
• Calcutta 2120
• Chennai 444
• Coimbatore 217
• Delhi 2507
• Hyderabad 1008
• Kochi 270
• Mumbai 1441
• Pune 1278

 

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