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his impressive dam is 70 kms from Madurai on the way to Thekkai. This is a good picnic spot. On Sundays, the dam is beautifully illuminated. Regular buses are available from Madurai. The dam is 4 miles from Andipathy Railyway Station on Madurai. Bodinayakania Railway Line. Accomodation is available at the Dam site. Apply to the Asst. Engineer for reservation.
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his falls is 123 kms from Madurai, on the way to periyar wild life sancturary. This is also a good picnic spot. Taking a diversion from Uthamapalayam, One can visit the Surali Waterfalls. The distance between Uthamapalayam and Suruli Waterfalls is 2 miles.
(Periyar wildlife sanctuary)
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t is 137 kms from Madurai located in kerala state on the border of Tamilnadu. It offers game-watches an exciting propect of viewing elephant, bison, sambhar, barking deer, wild bear etc., in their natural habitat. Season October to June.
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hirumohur, 10 km to the north-east of Madurai, has its legendary origin in the distant past when devas and asuras churned the ocean to ger amirtham (nectar), a sip of which would ensire immortality. When the pot of nectar surfaced, vishnu, in the form of mohini (the charmer), took it away, and while the asuras stood mesmerised by her beauty, distributed the nectar among the devas. The puranic name of thirumohur – Mohanashetram – Confirms the incident.
Ptolemy, the Aleaandran astronomer, writes about a place called Magour, a name Thirumohur was one once known by, causing speculation that it may have once been an important city. The shrine here is dedicated to mohanavalli thayar and kalamegha perumal. Its architectural style places it in the 16th century.
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ifteen kms further northeast of Thirumohur is the temple of Vedaradha in Thiruvadavur. The temple is set a mid picturesque surroundings, but the village is more famous as the birth place of kapilar, the Sangam poet and manickavasagar the great pandyan prime minister who became a samit. Thiruvadavur also has a shrine dedicated to manickavasagar.
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here ia beautiful Siva Temple 20 kms west of Madurai, at Thirubedaham. It can be reached by regular bus service from Madurai, which provides a pleasant ride on a tree- lined road that runs through lush paddy fields.
In and around Madurain are many other temples, famed in legend and with as heary a past as the meenakshi temple. Amoung these are the Madana gopalaswami Temples very near the Koodal Alagar temple, the temple of virabhadra in west masi street, the Chellathamman Temple, Krishnan Koil and Old Chockanathar Temple in North Masi Street. The Thiruvappudaiyar Temple on the northern bank of the vaigai and the kamatchi, Drowpadi Amman, Hanumar and Chappani Temples to the South of the Meenakshi Temple.
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