Madurai - Cultural Capital
Madurai Tourism - One of South India's great temple towns, Madurai is synonymous with the distinguished 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. Madurai is surrounded by several mountains. The Madurai city has 3 hills as its city boundary. Yanaimalai, Nagamalai, Pasumalai named after Elephant, Snake and Cow respectively. It is famous for Jasmine Flowers. Jasmine flowers are transported to other cities of India from Madurai. Madurai - As the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu, Madurai has a lot of tourist attractions . The Meenakshi Temple c omplex is factually a city, one of the largest of its kind in India and unquestionably one of the oldest too.The temple grew with the contribution of each dynasty and victorious monarchs, into a massive