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Madurai is a temple town in South India known for the Meenakshi Temple situated on the banks of the Vaigai River. It has a rich cultural heritage over 2,500 years old and was an important cultural and commercial center as early as 550 AD, serving as the capital of the Pandyan kings. The Pandyan King Kulasekarar built the great Meenakshi Temple and designed the city in a lotus shape around it, naming it Madhurapuri after Lord Shiva blessed the land with divine nectar from his matted locks.

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Madurai

Madurai is a temple town in South India known for the Meenakshi Temple situated on the banks of the Vaigai River. It has a rich cultural heritage over 2,500 years old and was an important cultural and commercial center as early as 550 AD, serving as the capital of the Pandyan kings. The Pandyan King Kulasekarar built the great Meenakshi Temple and designed the city in a lotus shape around it, naming it Madhurapuri after Lord Shiva blessed the land with divine nectar from his matted locks.

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Madurai

One of South India's great temple towns, Madurai is synonymous with the celebrated
Meenakshi Temple. Situated on the banks of river Vaigai, Madurai has a rich cultural
heritage passed on from the great Tamil era more than 2500 years old. Madurai was an
important cultural and commercial centre even as early as 550 AD. It was the capital city
for the great Pandya kings.

The Pandyan King Kulasekarar built a great temple and created a lotus shaped city
around the temple. On the day the city was to be named, as Lord shiva blessed the land
and its people, divine nectar (Madhu) was showered on the city from his matted locks.
This city was henceforth known as Madhurapuri. Madurai is famous for Jasmine Flowers.

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