Madurai - Tour Package For Madurai

Madurai is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and is situated on the banks of River Vaigai. Madurai is synonymous with the celebrated Meenakshi Temple and is widely known as the temple City Madurai was an important cultural and commercial centre even as early as 550 AD. It was the capital city for the great Pandya kings.

The Pandyan King Kulasekarar built a great temple and created a lotus shaped city around the temple. On the day, the city was to be named, as Lord Shiva blessed the land and its people, divine nectar (Madhu) was showered on the city from his matted locks. This city was henceforth known as Madhurapuri and is also famous for Jasmine Flowers.

Madurai’s Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple is one of the greatest architectural marvels of India. Built by Pandya King 'Kulasekara' and reconstructed later by Ruler Thirumalai Nayak, the temple has patronized literature, art, music and dance ever since its inception. The entire city is built around the Meenakshi Amman temple.  Madurai Meenakshi temple attracts six thousand visitors a day and gets an annual revenue of rupees sixty million.