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Villapuram
Villapuram is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India. It is located at an altitude of about 155 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of (i.e., 9.895200°N, 78.120800°E). It was earlier known as Vilvapuram due to the presence of large quantities of Bael trees some times ago and then later renamed as Villapuram. In Madurai, the mandapas built for the deities to come and stay during festivals are called mandagapadis. In this way, the Bhavakai Mandapam, which is about 400 years old, is located in Villapuram. During the ten days of Chitrait festival in Madurai, Meenakshi mman and Sundareswarar, who come to this mandapam on the fourth day, bless the devotees from here until the evening. The area where the mandapam is located is rich in produce of cantaloupe (commonly referred to as bitter gourd) and the people here offer them to the Lord. Madurai, East Gate, Nelpettai, Simmakkal, Sellur, Goripalayam, Tallakulam, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Gate, Madurai
South Gate is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India, with the geographical coordinates of 9°54'39.2"N, 78°07'07.3"E (i.e., 9.910900°N, 78.118700°E) and is located at about 161 m above the mean sea level. Famous Meenakshi Amman temple is situated at a walkable distance of about 1 km from South Gate. Madurai city is constructed in such a manner that neighbourhoods and streets are arranged in all the four directions keeping the temple at their centre. The great fort walls were built in the East, West, North and South directions and South Gate, North Gate, West Gate and East Gate were the entrances on each sides. (Later the walls were demolished during the town planning by British rulers). Also the more important outer streets were named correspondingly as South Veli street, North Veli street, West Veli street and East Veli street. Inner sides included South Masi street, North Masi street, West Masi street and East Masi street. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbourhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; American and British English spelling differences, see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the Neighbourhood unit, spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." Preindustrial cities In the words of the urban sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi. The maximum membership of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552 (Initially, in 1950, it was 500). Currently, the house has 543 seats which are made up by the election of up to 543 elected members and at a maximum. Between 1952 and 2020, 2 additional members of the Anglo-Indian community were also nominated by the President of India on the advice of Government of India, which was abolished in January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madurai Municipal Corporation
Madurai Municipal Corporation is the civic body which administers the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. Madurai is one of the oldest living cities in the world. Formed on 1 May 1971 as the first Municipal Corporation in Tamil Nadu post independence, it is the third largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu in population and revenue. It is the sixth largest in Tamil Nadu by area after Greater Chennai Corporation, Coimbatore Municipal Corporation, Tirunelveli Municipal Corporation, Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation, and Tiruppur Municipal Corporation. The annual budget of Madurai Corporation for 2021-22 is Rs.437 crores. It consists of a Council and an Executive wings. The council is headed by the Mayor while the Executive wing is headed by the Commissioner. It consists of 100 wards organised into five zones, viz East, North, Central, South and West. History The municipality of Madurai was constituted on 1 November 1866 as per the Town Improvement Act of 1865. The mun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corporation
A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law "born out of statute"; a legal person in legal context) and recognized as such in law for certain purposes. Early incorporated entities were established by charter (i.e. by an '' ad hoc'' act granted by a monarch or passed by a parliament or legislature). Most jurisdictions now allow the creation of new corporations through List of company registers, registration. Corporations come in many different types but are usually divided by the law of the jurisdiction where they are chartered based on two aspects: by whether they can issue share capital, stock, or by whether they are formed to make a profit (accounting), profit. Depending on the number of owners, a corporation can be classified as ''aggregate'' (the subject of this article) or ''corporation sole, sole'' (a legal entity consisting of a sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellis Nagar
Ellis Nagar is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India. It is named after Francis Whyte Ellis (who lived in between the years 1777 and 1819), a British civil servant in the Madras Presidency, from 1810 to 1819, who translated and printed the first 13 chapters of Tirukurkal's Arathuppal in English. Ellis Nagar is located at an altitude of 159 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of (i.e., 9°54'49.7"N, 78°06'13.3"E). Madurai, Arappalayam, Koodal Nagar, Vilangudi, Thathaneri, S. S. Colony, Jaihindpuram, Arasaradi, Kalavasal, Simmakkal, South Gate and Yanaikkal are some of the important neighbourhoods of Ellis Nagar. Ellis Nagar area falls under the Madurai Central Assembly constituency. The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is P. T. R. Palanivel Thiagarajan. Also, this area belongs to Madurai Lok Sabha constituency. The winner of the election held i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
