Melamadai
Melamadai is 30th ward of Madurai corporation in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Melamadai is 30th ward of Madurai corporation in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In 2012 Melamadai included in Madurai Corporation. Vandiyur Lake is located in Melamadai Geographical Area. The famous Pandi temple is located in Melamadai.
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Worth seeing in and around Melamadai
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.
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- 05Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Thiruparankundram
Hindu temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
9.1 km · Wikipedia - 06
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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.
Where to eat
The cuisine of Madurai inherits the true taste of Tamils. If you are a lover of non-vegetarian food, restaurants like Kumar Mess and Amma Mess are a must try. A handful of dished are exclusive to Madurai, such as Paruthi Paal, Jigarthanda, Panangkarkandu Paal and chettinadu varieties like Appam (goes well with Mutton Paya), and Kuzhi Paniyaram.
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Getting to Melamadai
- Airports
- Tiruchirappalli (TRZ), 113 km · Coimbatore (CJB), 173 km · Cochin (COK), 193 km
- Stations
- Madurai Junction railway station, 3.9 km · Madurai East railway station, 1.5 km · Tirupparankundram railway station, 9.6 km
- Tiruchirappalli → Melamadai179 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · ₹1,500–1,880
- Coimbatore → Melamadai214 km · quickest by road, 5h 8m · ₹1,740–2,180
- Kochi → Melamadai200 km · quickest by road, 6h 31m · ₹2,070–2,590
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No local-transport research exists yet for Melamadai
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 Melamadai. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Melamadai
Melamadai is 3 km from Madurai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Maduraicity of Tamil Nadu in southern India2.9 km
- ThiruparankundramVillage in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India8.9 km
- VandiyurVillage in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India1.7 km
- AvaniapuramVillage in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India7.7 km
- ThirunagarVillage in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India9.5 km
- Chinna AnuppanadiVillage in Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India3 km