Madurai

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Ma·du·rai

(mä′də-rī′, măd′yo͝o-rī′)

A city of southern India south-southwest of Chennai. It is a Hindu pilgrimage site and an educational and cultural center with varied industries.

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Madurai

(ˈmædjʊˌraɪ)

(Placename) a city in S India, in S Tamil Nadu: centre of Dravidian culture for over 2000 years; cotton industry. Pop: 922 913 (2001). Former name: Madura

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Ma•du•rai

(ˈmæd yʊˌraɪ)
n.

a city in S Tamil Nadu state, in S India. 940,989.

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Summary: Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 15 (ANI): Vaigai Express, a flagship train of Madurai city, launched on August 15, 1977, completed 42 years of service on Thursday.

Madurai flagship train, Vaigai Express, marks 42 years service

A villager attempts to control a bull during the annual bull-taming festival Jallikattu in Madurai yesterday.

Spectator gored to death at Jallikattu in Madurai

Madurai/Chennai: In a humanitarian gesture, Air India on Wednesday diverted a plane to make an unscheduled halt in Madurai to help rush the harvested heart of a 29-year-old brain dead man to a hospital in Chennai in time for transplant.

Air India diverts plane for timely ferrying of harvested heart

Indian carrier Jet Airways on Tuesday announced it has launched an additional service between Madurai and Bangalore/Chennai from 30 October 2011.

Jet Airways launches additional service between Madurai and Bangalore/Chennai

Summary: Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 26 (ANI): A local court on Friday sentenced a man to 27 years in prison and fined him Rs 12,000 for raping a minor girl in Nedumkulam area near Silaiman in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu.

Man gets 27 years prison term for raping minor in Madurai

Summary: Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 25 (ANI): With the recent dry spell in India's southern Tamil Nadu state, priests in Madurai city offered prayers and performed special rituals on Wednesday for the conservation of the river Vaigai.