Nelpettai
Nelpettai is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India. Muslims live in large clusters in Nelpettai. Albert Victor Bridge which is more than 133 years old, that connects Nelpettai and Goripalayam, is constructed over river Vaigai. Nelpettai has a non-vegetarian market that sells fish, meat such as mutton, chicken, etc. On East Veli street, a famous non-vegetarian restaurant namely Amsavalli bhavan biryani restaurant that functions beyond decades, is located. A bridge 3.2 km long and 12 m wide, is planned to be constructed to reduce traffic congestion, in between Madurai Corporation Ecopark just opposite of Madurai Corporation building and Nelpettai Anna statue junction, at a project cost of about ₹175.80 crore. Location Located at an altitude of about 159 m above the mean sea level, the geographical coordinates of Nelpettai are 9°55'23.2"N, 78°07'31.4"E (i.e., 9.923100°N, 78.125400°E). Neighbourhoods Madurai, Goripal ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Simmakkal, Madurai
Simmakkal is a neighbourhood in Madurai district in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Simmakkal as meant in the language of Tamil, 'Stone statue of Lion', has a statue at the heart of the neighbourhood. During the British period, out of the four giant walls on East Veli Street, West Street, North Veli Street and South Veli Street already existed, three of them except on West Veli Street were demolished by 'Marret', the then Collector of Madurai. The landmark at the entrance gate of North Veli Street was simply replaced by a 'Stone statue of Lion' found near Thirumalai Naicker Mahal. It is that area surrounding the statue is called as 'Simmakkal'. Location Located at an elevation of 158 m above the mean sea level, Simmakkal has the geographical coordinates of: 9°55'34.0"N, 78°07'17.4"E (i.e. 9.9261°N, 78.1215°E). Neighbourhoods Madurai, Yanaikkal, Sellur, Goripalayam, Nelpettai, East Gate, Arappalayam are some of the important places nearby. Education Schools Athimo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yanaikkal, Madurai
Yanaikkal is a neighbourhood in Madurai district in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Yanaikkal as the name in Tamil language implies that it is a 'Stone Statue of Elephant'. The area was said to be 'Allankadi' in Tamil language (அல்லங்காடி), which was busy with selling products during night times, several hundred years ago. Location Located at the elevation of 158 m above the mean sea level, the geographical coordinates of Yanaikkal are: 9°55'24.9"N, 78°07'24.7"E (i.e. 9.923583°N, 78.123528°E). Neighbourhoods Madurai, Simmakkal, Sellur (Madurai), Goripalayam, Nelpettai, East Gate, Arappalayam are some of the important places nearby. Vaigai river The River Vaigai flows near to Yanaikkal and there is a low level Yanaikkal bridge, that connects the north and south banks of Vaigai, which helps commuters to pass from Yanaikkal to Sellur and vice versa. But, in rainy seasons, excess water flows over the Yanaikkal bridge and traffic blocked. In order to o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sellur (Madurai)
Sellur or Sellur, Madurai is a Neighborhood in Madurai district in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. Location Sellur is located at the coordinates of 9°56'03.3"N78°07'05.6"E. Transport Road transport Important roads such as Mahaan Gandhi road (60 feet road), Ahimsapuram 1st Street to 8th Street, Library The public library in Sellur is with a collection of more than 35,000 books. This branch library was shifted to Suyarajyapuram First Main Road in the year 1998. Worshipping Temples Tiru Aappudayar temple located in Sellur is a Shiva temple of historical importance. It is praised in the hymns of Saint Tirugnana Sambandar. This is the second temple of Lord Shiva in Pandya region praised in Thevaram hymns. Business Sellur was flooded with a lot of Handloom and Powerloom factories, that provided labour opportunities for more people. Buildings that housed handloom units are now book binding units, confectioneries and workshops. From around 10,000 looms and 12,000 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arappalayam Bus Terminus
Arappalayam Bus Terminus is an important mofussil bus terminus in Arappalayam in Madurai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Overview It is the one of the old bus terminus in Madurai city to provide the Moffusil bus service for the following cities like Coimbatore, Tirupur, Dindigul, Theni, Karur, Namakkal, Oddanchatram, Erode, Cumbum, Bodinayakanur, Periyakulam, Pollachi, Ooty, Palani and Salem. Services Being located on the outskirts of Madurai city, the terminus has ten bays to handle more number of mofussil buses. The terminus is utilised by TNSTC, SETC, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, and Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation. Amenities The facilities available in Arappalayam bus stand includes below. * Information center and online ticket booking counters for TNSTC, SETC, KSRTC. * Police outpost * Rest room for the crews * Dispensary health unit * Flower vending stalls (Licensed) * Seating * plastic Watercans shredding Machine * Two wheele ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mattuthavani Bus Stand, Madurai
M.G.R. Bus Stand, commonly known as Mattuthavani Bus Stand, is an integrated bus terminus in the city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. This is the second-largest bus terminus in Tamil Nadu after Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. Bus Terminus in Chennai. It is one of the busiest bus terminus in south Tamil Nadu and one of the most important hubs in the state. In 2003, increased traffic led the Madurai Municipal Corporation to construct a new mofussil bus terminus that would complement the existing Pazhanganatham and Anna bus stations. After completion of the Madurai Ring Road project, the Mattuthavani Integrated Bus Terminus (MIBT) was constructed at a cost of rupees, spread over an area of . The government of Tamil Nadu renamed it ''M.G.R. Bus Stand'' on 31 October 2017 to honor AIADMK founder and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.). However, the change of name was not well received by the locals. It was also ambiguous since many busstands and r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Periyar Bus Terminus
Periyar Bus Stand is a central bus terminus for local city buses in Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. The bus stand is one of the key bus terminus in Madurai. It is centrally located in the Madurai city. History The Central bus stand was originally opened in the year 1921 and it was later renamed to Periyar Bus stand (current) in the 1970s. This bus stand has been completely demolished and is being reconstructed since January 17, 2019 with a project budget of 153 crore rupees. Services * Bus bay *Shops *Two wheeler parking *Four wheeler parking Facilities The newly constructed bus stand will have all facilities.It will be opened on 8th December 2021 as a part of the Smart Cities Mission Connections The terminus is well connected to various parts of the city such as: * Meenakshi Amman Temple(Melavasal-West Tower) - 1.4 km * MGR Bus Stand - 8.1km *Arappalayam Bus Terminus - 3.6km *Madurai Junction-0.4km *Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal-1.9km * Thiruparankundram Temple-6.5km *Madura ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Member Of Legislative Assembly (India)
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral parliament. There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories: the Delhi Legislative Assembly, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non-Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister, he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in the job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become a Speaker of the Legislature. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms Member of Congress, congressman/congresswoman or Deputy (legislator), deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian (other), parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Madurai South Assembly Constituency
Madurai South is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India .... It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and Winners from this constituency are listed below. Extent of Assembly Constituency *Madurai South Taluk (Part) *Madurai (M Corp.) Ward No.9, 10, 16, 39 and 43 to 59 This is a new constituency which includes majority of the erstwhile Madurai East Constituency. Results Election Results 2021 2016 2011 1952 References {{Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu Madurai Politics of Madurai Government of Madurai ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vidhan Sabha
The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislative body and in 6 states it is the lower house of their bicameral state legislatures with the upper house being State Legislative Council. 5 union territories are governed directly by the Union Government of India and have no legislative body. Each Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is directly elected to serve 5-year terms by single-member constituencies. The Constitution of India states that a State Legislative Assembly must have no less than 60 and no more than 500 members however an exception may be granted via an Act of Parliament as is the case in the states of Goa, Sikkim, Mizoram and the union territory of Puducherry which have fewer than 60 members. A State Legislative Assembly may be dissolved in a state of emergenc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Madurai Lok Sabha Constituency
Madurai Lok Sabha constituency ( ta, மதுரை மக்களவைத் தொகுதி) is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in South India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 32. Assembly segments Madurai Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Before 2009: 1.Thiruparankundram 2. Madurai West 3. Madurai Central 4. Madurai East 5.Samayanallur (SC) 6. Melur Members of the Parliament Election results General Election 2019 General Election 2014 General Election 2009 General Election 2004 See also * Madurai * List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha References Election Commission of India The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body. It was established by the Constitution of India to conduct and regulate elections in the country. Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |