The Temple City
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Madurai's signature Jigarthanda blends milk, almond gum, sarsaparilla syrup, and ice cream into a layered drink found nowhere else quite like this. Here's its history and where locals still swear by the traditional recipe.
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Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday inaugurated the newly constructed Velunachiyar Flyover at Melamadai Junction in Madurai, built at a cost of ₹150 crore. The four-lane, 950-metre flyover is designed to ease congestion along the busy KK Nagar–Anna Nagar stretch on Sivagangai Road and is named in honour of freedom fighter Veeramangai Velunachiyar.
8 Dec 2025 • 4 min read
Every year, Madurai relives its most cherished legend — the celestial wedding of Goddess Meenakshi and Lord Sundareswarar. Here's the story passed down through generations.
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Madurai is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and it wears that history openly — as the Temple City of Tamil Nadu, built around the towering gopurams of the Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman Temple and a nearly two-thousand-year urban plan that still shapes the streets around it. Every Chithirai, the city pauses its everyday rhythm to re-enact the divine wedding of Meenakshi and Sundareswarar, drawing pilgrims from across Tamil Nadu.
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