Madurai

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city

Madurai is a historic city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, renowned for its ancient Meenakshi Amman Temple and long-standing role as a major cultural and commercial center.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Madurai district 2
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeDivision Madurai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Madurai district
airportType international airport ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
economicActivity jewellery trade ⓘ
textile trade ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
famousFor Dravidian architecture ⓘ
Jallikattu ⓘ
surface form: Jallikattu (bull-taming sport)

Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple ⓘ
surface form: Meenakshi Amman Temple

classical Tamil culture ⓘ
governingBody Madurai City Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasAirport Madurai International Airport ⓘ
surface form: Madurai Airport
hasBusTerminus Arapalayam Bus Stand ⓘ
MGR Bus Stand ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Government Rajaji Hospital (teaching hospital) ⓘ
Madurai Kamaraj University ⓘ
Thiagarajar College of Engineering ⓘ
hasFestival Avani Moola festival ⓘ
Chithirai Festival ⓘ
Meenakshi Thirukalyanam ⓘ
hasLandmark Alagar Kovil ⓘ
Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai ⓘ
Kazimar Big Mosque ⓘ
Koodal Azhagar Temple ⓘ
Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple ⓘ
surface form: Meenakshi Amman Temple

Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal ⓘ
Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Madurai Junction railway station ⓘ
historicalRegion Pandya dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Pandya kingdom
isCommercialCenter true ⓘ
isCulturalCenter true ⓘ
isHistoricCity true ⓘ
KoppenClimateClassification Aw ⓘ
languageSpoken Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedInRegion South India ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Vaigai River ⓘ
nickname City of Temples ⓘ
Temple City ⓘ
officialLanguage Tamil ⓘ
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ
roadNetwork connected by National Highways ⓘ
stateCapitalOf Madurai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Madurai district
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +05:30 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Madurai Sultanate ⓘ
Nayak rulers of Madurai ⓘ
surface form: Nayak kingdom of Madurai

Pandya dynasty ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Madurai → administrativeDivision → Madurai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madurai district
Tamil Nadu → hasMajorCity → Madurai ⓘ
Tamil people → majorCity → Madurai ⓘ
Sundar Pichai → placeOfBirth → Madurai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Madurai → stateCapitalOf → Madurai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madurai district