Madurai

E41015

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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Madurai canonical	65
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India	5
Madurai city	4
Madurai district	2
Madurai metropolitan region	2
Madurai metropolitan area	1
Madurai region	1
Madurai urban area	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 (81)

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

Madras Presidency → notableCity → Madurai ⓘ

Tamil Nadu → hasMajorCity → Madurai ⓘ

Tamil people → majorCity → Madurai ⓘ

Madurai → stateCapitalOf → Madurai self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madurai district

Madurai → administrativeDivision → Madurai self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madurai district

Sundar Pichai → placeOfBirth → Madurai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai Central railway station → connectsTo → Madurai ⓘ

Chennai Egmore railway station → connectsToCity → Madurai ⓘ

Augustus De Morgan → birthPlace → Madurai ⓘ

ancient India → capitalCity → Madurai ⓘ

subject surface form: Ancient India

Tirupati railway station → connectsTo → Madurai ⓘ

Dhanushkodi Beach → closestMajorCity → Madurai ⓘ

S. Subramania Iyer → placeOfBirth → Madurai ⓘ

NH 44 → connectsCity → Madurai ⓘ

Sambandar → associatedWithPlace → Madurai ⓘ

Pazhamudircholai → locatedNear → Madurai ⓘ

Pazhamudircholai → nearbyCity → Madurai ⓘ

Pandya dynasty → capital → Madurai ⓘ

Nayak rulers of Madurai → capital → Madurai ⓘ

Nayak rulers of Madurai → territoryIncludes → Madurai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madurai region

Tiruchirappalli Junction railway station → connectsTo → Madurai ⓘ

Thanjavur Junction railway station → connectsTo → Madurai ⓘ

National Highway 44 → connectsCity → Madurai ⓘ

Southeastern India → hasMajorCity → Madurai ⓘ

Kodaikanal → nearestMajorCity → Madurai ⓘ

Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple → locatedInCity → Madurai ⓘ

Madurai International Airport → locatedIn → Madurai ⓘ

Madurai International Airport → serves → Madurai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madurai metropolitan region

Madurai International Airport → cityServed → Madurai ⓘ

Maduraikāñci → depicts → Madurai ⓘ

Tamil Sangams → traditionalLocation → Madurai ⓘ

subject surface form: First Sangam

Tamil Sangams → traditionalLocation → Madurai ⓘ

subject surface form: Third Sangam

Tamil Sangams → associatedWithCity → Madurai ⓘ

Cilappatikāram → setInCity → Madurai ⓘ

Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai → locatedIn → Madurai ⓘ

Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam → locatedIn → Madurai ⓘ

Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam → city → Madurai ⓘ

Madurai Sultanate → capital → Madurai ⓘ

Madurai Sultanate → regionControlled → Madurai ⓘ

Madurai Junction railway station → locatedIn → Madurai ⓘ

Madurai Junction railway station → servesCity → Madurai ⓘ

Meenakshi Thirukalyanam → locatedIn → Madurai ⓘ

Meenakshi Thirukalyanam → associatedCity → Madurai ⓘ

Chithirai Festival → mainLocation → Madurai ⓘ

Madurai Kamaraj University → city → Madurai ⓘ

Madurai Kamaraj University → locatedIn → Madurai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Government Rajaji Hospital (teaching hospital) → city → Madurai ⓘ

subject surface form: Government Rajaji Hospital

Government Rajaji Hospital (teaching hospital) → locatedIn → Madurai ⓘ

subject surface form: Government Rajaji Hospital

this entity surface form: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

MGR Bus Stand → locatedIn → Madurai ⓘ

MGR Bus Stand → serves → Madurai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madurai city