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Famous Shops and Markets Quiz

Madurai does not just have temples — it has an entire economy built around them, from the jasmine and jewellery trade on the four streets around Meenakshi Amman Temple to the jigarthanda shop simply named 'Famous.' This quiz collects ten questions on the city's most iconic shops, bazaars and markets. Check your answers below, then race the clock on today's live Nan Maduraikaran quiz.

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1. Madurai is especially famous for a chilled milk-based dessert drink sold widely at local shops, called?

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✅ Answer: Jigarthanda

Jigarthanda is Madurai's signature cold drink, sold at countless shops across the city.

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2. A jigarthanda shop in Madurai literally named this word is one of the city's oldest and most iconic outlets:

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✅ Answer: Famous

A shop simply called 'Famous' is among Madurai's most celebrated jigarthanda outlets.

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3. The streets surrounding Meenakshi Amman Temple historically form Madurai's traditional hub for trading in flowers, bangles and?

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✅ Answer: Traditional handicrafts and pooja items

These temple streets have long been centres for devotional and traditional goods.

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4. Puthu Mandapam, an old pillared hall adjoining Meenakshi Temple, functions today mainly as a?

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✅ Answer: Shopping arcade

Puthu Mandapam has been repurposed over the centuries into a bustling shopping arcade.

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5. Madurai is nationally famous for growing and trading a fragrant flower that carries a GI tag, known as?

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✅ Answer: Madurai Malli (jasmine)

Madurai Malli, the local jasmine variety, holds a Geographical Indication tag for its distinct fragrance.

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6. West Masi Street, one of the four streets around Meenakshi Temple, is well known as a hub for trading in?

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✅ Answer: Gold and jewellery

West Masi Street is Madurai's traditional centre for gold and jewellery trade.

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7. Traditional Madurai jigarthanda is prepared using milk, nannari (sarsaparilla) syrup, and which seed?

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✅ Answer: Basil seeds (sabja)

Basil seeds, along with milk and nannari syrup, give jigarthanda its distinctive texture.

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8. The four streets encircling Meenakshi Amman Temple are traditionally used for the temple's grand annual?

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✅ Answer: Chariot (car) festival procession

Masi, Avani Moola, Chithirai and Veli streets host the temple's chariot processions each year.

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9. Which Madurai locality is well known as a major wholesale market for fruits and vegetables?

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✅ Answer: Mattuthavani

Mattuthavani hosts one of the region's largest wholesale fruit and vegetable markets.

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10. Simmakkal, besides textiles, is also a well-known Madurai hub for retailing which everyday item?

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✅ Answer: Readymade garments

Simmakkal is widely known for both wholesale cloth trade and readymade garment retail.

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