Madurai

                                           Madurai Meenashi Temple Main Gopura

Madurai is the place in Tamil Nadu. The very oldest city and also called city of jasmine. Jasmine is very famous in Madurai and you could see these flowers very cheap here. Madurai malli they call in south India. The garland made out of Jasmine is very famous here.

 Very Famous Madurai Malli (Jasmine)

Madurai lies in the beds of Vaigai River. Also, it is almost 2600 years old and was capital of southern India during the rule of pandiyas. You can also say Tamil is been brought up by this city, since so many Tamil sangam has happened in Madurai. Tamil sangam is a kind of gathering of tamil literates in order to extend the reach of Tamil. 

Madurai is well connected via Road, Rail and also through Air. There are daily connecting flights from Chennai to Madurai. When it comes to tourism in Madurai there are so many places which are very popular over here. A few of them are 

Madurai Meenakshi-amman Temple, 

Long Corider inside temple

Thirumalai nayakar mahal, 

Thiruparamkundaram murugan temple, 

Azhagar kovil etc. 

Other than this Madurai is also near to 

Kodaikanal, Thekkady, Coutrallam (kutrallam) and Rameshwaram. 

The Palani hill is one famous Subramanya temple which is just 130 Kms far from Madurai. This is a very popular temple in Tamil Nadu and has got very godly excellence. When I saw about Madurai it is must that I should give details about the Meenakshi Amman Temple. This temple is one such excellence in the architecture of Pandiyas. Such a huge temple off course and huge 12 vimanams (Gopurams), according to hindu mythology Lord Siva in the form of Sundarar came to Marry Parvathi (Meenakshi). This event of marriage was being done by Lord Vishnu brother of Meenakshi. Even today this festival is been taking place in Madurai and been called as Chithirai Thiruvizha or Azhakar Thiruvizha. 

Golden Flower lake inside temple

Currently the temple is renovated nicely and the street shops are evacuated from this place. Thanks for Tamil Nadu government for doing this. Now look and the divine experience is being maintained properly. This temple also participated in the recent event for wonders of the world. A very huge temple spread around 48 acres of land in center of the city.