Madurai

Madurai is a major city in Madurai district in Tamil Nadu and home to the Meenakshi Temple. It is also known as the Temple City of India. You can find temples in almost every street in Madurai. The city is called "Thoongaa Nagaram", which means Sleepless City.

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  • Get up early and get to the temple at dawn, watching it come alive before the hordes arrive is a fantastic experience... • Sarah H.
  • Need to get a blessing from the elephants at the Temple - a touch on the forhead is a little bit of magic. • Garry R.
  • good place to visit • Laura P.
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Madurai Travel Guide is based on Madurai by KNS, Dmitriy Baranov, Foodie, Claus Hansen, Ikan Kekek, iGuide and others. Madurai Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.