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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. Apart from these, Aadi streets, Chithirai streets, Aavani Moola streets, etc. on each directions are named accordingly, to mention a few. Madurai, Goripalayam, Sellur, Simmakkal, Yanaikkal, Nelpettai, East Gate, Arappalayam and Kalavasal are some of the important neighbourhoods of South Gate. South Gate has a police station in its limits.South Gate is served by Periyar Bus Terminus at the heart of Madurai, Anna Bus Terminus near Anna Nagar, MGR Bus Terminus in Mattuthavani and Arappalayam Bus Terminus. It is well connected to other parts of Madurai via. important roads viz., South Veli street, North Veli street, East Veli street, South Masi street, North Masi street, East Masi street, Yanaikkal bridge and Albert Victor Bridge. Madurai City Transport Corporation operates numerous bus services via. South Gate. It is always busy and is congested due to road traffic. In the year 1989, a bridge having 0.5 km long and 12 m wide was constructed to decongest the traffic, connecting South Gate and Villapuram that leads to Aruppukkottai, over the railway line (Madurai junction to Tirupparankundram), at an estimated cost of ₹75 lakh. As the bridge is narrow, the traffic congestion continues. In order to decongest the traffic, a road project is planned to construct a bridge in between Nelpettai and Avaniapuram covering a distance of 5 km that passes near to the bridge already existing in South Gate. Madurai Junction railway station which is busy round-the-clock is situated at 2 km from South Gate. From here, Madurai Airport is located at about 10 km in Avaniapuram. South Gate is one of the busiest places for selling textile goods in Madurai. There is a long-run (55 years old) savouries shop in South Gate, namely Uthandan Pakoda shop which is called by customers as South Gate Pakoda shop.Ponnodai Karuppannasamy temple situated in South Gate is under the control of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Government of Tamil Nadu.South Gate comes under Madurai South Assembly constituency, with the winner of its legislative assembly elections held in the year 2021, as M. Boominathan. It also comes under Madurai Lok Sabha constituency for which the parliamentary elections were held in the year 2019 with the winner as S. Venkatesan.

Jaihindpuram (Tamil: ஜெய்ஹிந்த்புரம்) is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India.Jaihindpuram is located at an altitude of 160 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of 9.905100°N 78.107800°E / 9.905100; 78.107800 (i.e., 9°54'18.4"N, 78°06'28.1"E). Madurai, Simmakkal, Goripalayam, Yanaikkal, Nelpettai, East Gate, South Gate, Thathaneri, Koodal Nagar, Arappalayam, Arasaradi, Kalavasal, S. S. Colony, Madakulam, Ellis Nagar, Palanganatham, Pasumalai and Thiruparankundram are some of the important neighbourhoods of Jaihindpuram. Among 250 bull tamers, Vijay from the Jaihindpuram region takes first place in the bull taming competition held in Avaniapuram during the Pongal festival in January 2023. Sundararajapuram Corporation Higher Secondary School in Jaihindpuram is one of the five schools that brought under Smart Schools programme. In Madurai, road overbridge connecting Madakulam and T V S Nagar was constructed in the year 2015. The second arm of the bridge towards Jaihindpuram, of 251 m long, with the project cost of about ₹16.62 crore, is being in construction. Jaihindpuram has a police station.Jaihindpuram area falls under the Madurai West Assembly constituency. The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is Sellur K. Raju.

Chinthamani is a part in Madurai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town comes under the Thirupparangundram constituency.

Sungam Mosque or Sungam Pallivasal is a mosque in Madurai city, Tamil Nadu, India. The mosque was founded by Muslim Jamath People. It is the oldest mosque in Madurai.It was built by Mughal architecture style.

Kazimar Periya Pallivasal or Kazimar Big Mosque is the oldest mosque in Madurai city, Tamil Nadu, India constructed in the year 1284AD (Hijri 683) and continues to be in existence for more than 7 centuries till today. The mosque was founded by Kazi Syed Tajuddin, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who came from Yemen during 13th century and received this land from the King Kulasekara Ku(n) Pandiyan. The mosque which was the first Muslim place of worship in Madurai. The mosque was managed by Syed Tajuddin during his lifetime followed by his children and descendants hereditarily for more than 7 centuries till today. Almost all of Kazi Syed Tajuddin's descendants (Huqdars of this mosque called as Syeds) have lived in the same locality (Kazimar street) for more than 700 years, and have managed the mosque since then.The mosque, which can accommodate about 1,200 people, is within 500 metres of the Periyar (central) bus stand, within one kilometre southeast of Madurai Junction railway station and 1.5 km southwest of the Meenakshi Temple.

St. Mary's Cathedral or Church of Our Lady of Dolours is a Roman Catholic church situated in Madurai, Tamil Nadu in India. This church attained the status of a Cathedral in the year 1969. It is built with two bell towers each 42 m high.

Madurai Maqbara (Tamil: மதுரை மக்பரா; Arabic: مدهر مقبرة) refers to the Dargahs of three Sufi saints: Mir Ahmad Ibrahim, Mir Amjad Ibrahim, and Abdus Salaam Ibrahim situated in Kazimar Big Mosque, Madurai, India. The Arabic word "Maqbara", which means mausoleum, is derived from the word "qabr", which means grave. Though maqbara refers to the graves of all Muslims, it refers especially to the graves (Raula or Rauza) of religious figures or Waliyullahs who dedicated their life to Islam, striving to be true Muslims and training others to follow Islam as first preached by the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

The Archdiocese of Madurai (Latin: Madhuraien(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see the city of Madurai, India.

St Mary's Higher Secondary School, Madurai is a private Catholic secondary school for boys located in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1908 and provides an education for boys from grades six through twelve.

Kazimar Street is an ancient street in Madurai, India, dating from the 13th century. Kazi Syed Tajuddin is the one who settled here after preaching Islam in South India. 99.2% population of this street are Muslims and 0.8% Hindus. The famous Kazimar periya pallivasal, which is the first Muslims' place of worship in madurai, Madurai Maqbara the dargah of famous Madurai Hazrats are located in this street.

Madurai East railway station is a small railway station in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu. Its code is MES. It serves Madurai city. The station consists of only 1 platform which spans 325 meters and can able to handle upto 18 coached train. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation.

Thirumalai Nayak Palace is a 17th-century palace erected in 1636 CE by King Tirumala Nayaka, a king of Madurai's Nayaka dynasty who ruled Madurai from 1623 to 1659, in the city of Madurai, India.The building, which can be seen today, was the main palace, in which the king lived. The original palace complex was four times bigger than the present structure. In its heyday, the palace was considered to be one of the wonders of the South. The palace is located two kilometres (1.2 mi) south east of the Meenakshi Amman Temple.