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Neighbourhood in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, India

Jaihindpuram

Jaihindpuram is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India.

The place

Jaihindpuram is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Jaihindpuram

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Meenakshi Temple

    Meenakshi Temple, also known as Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to Meenakshi, a form of Parvati, and her consort Sundareswarar.

    2.1 km · historic Hindu temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kazimar Big Mosque

    The Kazimar Big Mosque, also known as the Kazimar Periya Pallivasal, is a Sufi Hanafi mosque in Madurai city, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The mosque was constructed in 683 AH and is the oldest mosque in the city.

    1.1 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal

    Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal is a palace located 2 km to the southeast of the Meenakshi Amman Temple in central Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was built by Tirumala Nayaka, a king of the Madurai Nayak dynasty who ruled Madurai from 1623 to 1659, and was completed in 1636.

    2.1 km · 17th-century palace in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Goripalayam Mosque

    The Goripalayam Mosque is a large mosque and dargah complex, located in the Goripalayam area of Madurai City, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The mosque contains the tombs of the Sultan of Yemen, Khaja Syed Sultan Alauddin Badusha Razi, and a former Sultan of Madurai, Khaja Syed Sulthan Shamsuddin.

    3.6 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St. Mary's Cathedral, Madurai

    St. Mary's Cathedral Shrine or Church of Our Lady of Dolours is a Roman Catholic church situated in Madurai, Tamil Nadu in India.

    2.1 km · church building in Madurai, India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Thiru Aappanoor

    Thiru Aappanoor is a Hindu temple of the god Shiva in Sellur, Madurai, India. The Pandya Kings and the Royal Sethupathi kings made many contributions to this temple.

    3.3 km · Shiva Temple in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Sungam Mosque

    The Sungam Mosque, also known as the Sungam Pallivasal is a mosque in Madurai city, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The mosque was founded by Muslim Jamath people, and was completed in 1840 in the Mughal style.

    1.1 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    American College, Madurai

    The American College, often referred to as American College, is one of the oldest colleges in India, located in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded in 1881 by American Christian missionaries.

    3.8 km · co-educational college in India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Madurai Central Prison

    Madurai Central Prison is located in Madurai, India. The prison complex occupies 31 acres.

    2.7 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Albert Victor Overbridge

    Albert Victor Overbridge or AV bridge is the first bridge that connects the South and North banks of Vaigai river, in Madurai city of Tamil Nadu in India.

    3.1 km · bridge in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Jaihindpuram

Airports
Tiruchirappalli (TRZ), 116 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 171 km · Cochin (COK), 189 km
Stations
Madurai Junction railway station, 1.7 km · Madurai East railway station, 2.9 km · Pasumalai railway station, 2.5 km
  • Tiruchirappalli → Jaihindpuram
    120 km · quickest by road, 3h · ₹850–1,060
  • Coimbatore → Jaihindpuram
    175 km · quickest by road, 4h 1m · ₹1,370–1,710
  • Kochi → Jaihindpuram
    203 km · quickest by road, 6h 2m · ₹1,830–2,280
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Jaihindpuram

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jaihindpuram. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundThe buses required to get around will all mostly be available in Periyar bus stand and you can also get an auto rickshaw (you should know to negotiate and bargain the cost of the ride) or a cab or rent a car.
  • Get aroundAuto rickshaws are readily available in the city and they are not equipped with meters.

From Wikivoyage: Madurai, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    98 km
  2. 02
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    101 km
  3. 03
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    107 km
  4. 04
    ThekkadyIN

    8 ways of moving, 14 sources

    108 km
  5. 05
    GaviIN

    6 ways of moving, 16 sources

    116 km

If you know how people move in Jaihindpuram – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Jaihindpuram

Jaihindpuram is 2 km from Madurai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.