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Madurai

Madurai is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai district, which is governed by the Madurai Municipal Corporation established on 1 November 1866. Wikipedia

Population 1,561,129 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in India

Visas and entry What your passport needs for India

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Nelpettai Market

    Covered hall
    1. Monday: 08:00–21:30
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–21:30
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–21:30
    4. Thursday: 08:00–21:30
    5. Friday: 08:00–21:30
    6. Saturday: 08:00–21:30
    7. Sunday: 08:00–21:30

    08:00–21:30

    1.2 km from the centre

  • Pandi Bazzar

    No hours mapped

    1.0 km from the centre

  • Jaihindpuram Market

    No hours mapped

    2.5 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Getting around

More train stations: Madurai East 2.9 km

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