Melamadai, Madurai

Name: Melamadai
Address: Madurai, India

#17 among attractions in Madurai

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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. A famous Pandi temple is located in Melamadai. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 9°54'56"N, 78°8'44"E

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Melamadai – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gandhi Memorial Museum, Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam, Goripalayam Mosque, Tamukkam Palace.

1.1 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum
Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai
29 min walk • 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. It includes a part of the blood-stained garment worn by Gandhi when he was assassinated by Nathuram Godse.
0.4 miSE
Temple, Sacred and religious sites, Lake
Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam, Madurai
10 min walk • Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam is a temple tank located near to Vandiyur Mariamman Temple and situated at a distance of about 5 km from the Meenakshi Amman Temple. Literally, Teppakulam means temple pond mainly used for devotional festivals. The tank is connected to Vaigai River through an ingenious system of underground Channels.
1.5 miNW
Sacred and religious sites, Mosque
Goripalayam Mosque, Madurai
38 min walk • Goripalayam Mosque is a large mosque in Goripalayam containing two graves of Sultans of Yemen namely Khaja Syed Sultan Alauddin Badusha Razi and Khaja Syed Sulthan Shamsuddin of the Madurai Sultanate.
1.4 miNW
Palace
Tamukkam Palace, Madurai
36 min walk • The Tamukkam Palace is a palace located in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Literally the Tamil word Tamukkam means summer house. It was built in c. 1670, and was the summer palace of Rani Mangammal, the queen regent of the Madurai Nayak kingdom.
1.3 miNW
Temple
Vandiyur Mariamman Temple, Madurai
35 min walk • Vandiyur Mariamman Temple is located in east of the temple city Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to Mariamman, the Hindu Goddess of rain. it is situated near to river Vaigai at a distance of about 3 km from the Meenakshi Amman Temple. Temple has its huge pond Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam.
0.9 miN
Shopping, Shopping centre
Milan'em Mall, Madurai
23 min walk • Milan'em Mall is a shopping mall in K.K. Nagar, Madurai, India. It was opened on 28 September 2009 and is the first shopping mall in Madurai. Built in a half-acre site, the mall has five floors with a gross leasable area of 90,000 sq ft. The mall has a food court in the third floor along with water zorbing for kids.
1.3 miNW
Library
Daniel Poor Memorial Library in Madurai, Madurai
34 min walk • Daniel Poor Memorial Library often abbreviated as DPM Library is a century old college central library of the American College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu in India that officially began its functions on June 28, 1915.
1.5 miNW
Archaeological site
Kovalanpottal, Madurai
38 min walk • Kovalanpottal is a place located in Palanganatham near Madakulam in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, India. As per Tamil epic Silappatikaram, Kovalan is believed to be beheaded here by the orders of Pandyan king Neduncheziyan.
1.3 miNW
Universities and schools
American College, Madurai
32 min walk • 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.
1 miNW
Universities and schools
Madurai Medical College, Madurai
26 min walk • Madurai Medical College is a medical school attached to the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. The hospital provides tertiary care to more than twenty million people in the southern part of Tamil Nadu.
1.1 miN
Universities and schools
M.S.S.Wakf Board College, Madurai
29 min walk • Muqayyath Sha Sirguro Wakf Board College is a Muslim minority institution and the only college in India run by the Wakf Board. Established in 1964, it is the first Muslim institution, and one of the oldest academic institutions, in Madurai.

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How to get to Melamadai by public transport?

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Madurai East (23 min walk)