Madurai is known as the third largest city of Tamil Nadu after Coimbatore and Chennai. That is famous as the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. Madurai is situated on river Vaigai’s bank. This is one of the famous cities which are known for the historical places and rich cultural heritage. The intricate carvings and scriptures are the main reason of attraction of people. Because of many ancient places, the city is one of the ancient cities of the India. Apart from the historical places, the Madurai is well known for the IT development (Information Technology) and software companies.
The name of the city Madurai was taken from many names such as Madurai, Naanmadakoodal, Thirualavai and Malligai Maanagar. Madurai word derived the sweetness. The other meaning of Madurai is derived to the Marutham that refers to one kind of Sangam age’s landscape. The meaning of Koodal refers to the assembly of scholarly people. Naanmadakoodal word reflects the four major temples which are the attraction of Madurai district. The word Tevaramrefers to the Tamil compositions during 7th to 8th century on Shiva through three prominent Nayanars such as Appar, Thirugnanasambandar and Sundarar.
Times ago, before 3rd century BC, Megashanes went Madurai. With passing the time lots of people came from Rome and Greece to Madurai and made trade with the king named Pandya. In an ancient time, Madurai was a forest famous with the name Kadambhavanam. One day one Dhananjaya a farmer was passing into the forest, suddenly he saw the lord Indra worshipping of self-created Lingam named Swayambhu beside the tree of Kadamba. There was a king ruled over there named Kulasekara Pandya was informed by the king about this. The king decided to clear the forest and built a temple. Hindus lord Shiva was appeared there and dropped nectar drops by hair on the town. And the town becomes famous with the name Madurai. Cholas who was the rival of Pandyas ruled over the Madurai from 920 AD to the starting of 13th Century but Madurai regained the Madurai during 1223 AD. Tamil language was patronized by Pandian Kings in a great way. Later the death of the king Kulasekara Pandian brings the Delhi Sultanate to rule over Madurai. After Madurai Sultanate, Vijayanagar independently got the empire of Madurai. Later, Nayak ruled over the Madurai till 1736 CE and many times was captured by Chanda Sahib from 1740 to 1754. Arcot Nawab and Muhammed Yusuf Khan ruled over the Madurai from 1725 to 1764 CE.
The revolution of Madurai was started when British East India Company came during 1801 and direct controlled over the Madurai as well as annexed the Madras Presidency. Initially, the British Government started the participating in the Hindu festivals by donating the Meenakshi temple. During the 19th to 20th centuries the political and industrial complex was developed. British demolished the fortification which was around the temple to make the streets of Veli, Perumaal Mesthiri and Marat. To develop the municipality, British government had to face many problems. With passing the time six taluk boards, five municipalities constitution were set up for the local administration. Police stations were developed.
After the independence of India, Madurai became one of the Tamil Nadu’s major districts. During the year of 1984, Madurai Passed through bifurcation into two districts that was Madurai and Dindugul. Later in 1997, Madurai was divided into two districts such as Madurai and Theni. Madurai has given 10 State Assembly constituencies as well as two Parliament constituencies.
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