Things to do in Madurai, Tamil Nadu
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.
21 places to visit in and around Madurai, best known first. Tap a place for directions, or let Turkart turn them into a day-by-day plan.
- 1Thirumalai 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.
- 2Tamukkam Palace
Tamukkam Palace is a palace located in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Literally the Tamil word Tamukkam means summer house.
- 3Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai
Gandhi Memorial Museum, established in 1959, is a memorial museum for Mahatma Gandhi located in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. Known as Gandhi Museum, it is now one of the five Gandhi Sanghralayas in the country.
- 4Thirupparankundram Rock-cut Cave and Inscription
Thirupparankundram Rock-cut Cave and Inscription, also known as Umai Andar or Umaiyandar temple, is a rock cut cave temple with inscriptions at the foot of the Thirupparankundram rock hill's south face.
- 5Keezhadi excavation site
Keezhadi, or Keeladi, is a Sangam period settlement site, where excavation is being carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India and the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology.
- 6Meenakshi 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.
- 7Koodal Azhagar Temple
Koodal Aḻagar Temple or "Koodal Azhagar Temple" in Madurai, a city in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu.
- 8Madurai Maqbara
The Madurai Maqbara is a dargah complex that contains the mausoleums of three Sufi saints: Mir Ahmad Ibrahim, Mir Amjad Ibrahim, and Abdus Salaam Ibrahim; and is situated in Kazimar Big Mosque, Madurai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
- 9Kazimar 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.
- 10Sungam 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.
- 11St. 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.
- 12Thiru 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.
- 13Goripalayam Mosque
- 14Daniel Poor Memorial Library in Madurai
- 15Prasanna Venkatachalapathy Temple, Tallakulam
- 16Vandiyur Mariamman Temple
- 17Vaigai Reservoir
- 18Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Thiruparankundram
- 19Thiruparankundram Dargah
- 20Narasingam Yoga Narasimha Perumal Temple
- 21Yanaimalai