Spend best time of life with South Tourism - Madurai Tourism

The land like India is a complete package of tourism in order to explore the best vis

The land like India is a complete package of tourism in order to explore the best visiting locations available at every state and city of the country. Yes, it would be a nice experience for one to go for the South India tour that is in high demand these days by the global tourists. South tourism is the best way to cherish the big attractions of the state. On this tour, you would be delighted to explore the beauty of mesmerizing sea beaches, hill stations, ancient temples, lacks, wildlife and other greenery locations of the South state.

Now-a-days, the South India tour is in huge limelight due to the major attractions as the ancient temples of the state. Yes, the shrines of the cities like Tamilnadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Chennai are world popular for their fascinating designs and creative architectures. Few of the best known temples of South state are like Kamakshi Amma temple (Kanyakumari), Ramanthswamy temple (Rameshwaram), Kapileshwar temple (Tamilnadu), Navagrah temple (Tamilnadu), Meenakshi Sundareshwar temple (Madurai) and many more. You would be surely amazed to see the charisma of these holy shrines of South state. Most of the South India temples are dedicated to Hindu lord Shiva and Vishnu. However, billions of Hindu devotees love to worship in South India temples and also organize auspicious events or marriages in such shrines as well.

You can visit to any of the holy shrines of South state, but mostly tourists never forget to go for amazing Navagrah temple tour that enable them to explore the beauty of this shrine. The Navagrah temple is also devoted to lord Shiva and blessed with nine celestial bodies of the universe which can be identified in nine different colors. Mostly people love to worship the lord Shiva in this holy temple with great zeal. In addition, this temple is designed very elegantly and its Dravidian architecture is also eye catching. With such pleasures and spirituality, Navagrah temples fascinate the global tourists a lot.

Apart from that, Kerala tour is also an incredible journey for all. On this tour one would get thrilled by cherishing the beauty of exotic sea beaches, ancient temples, beautiful lacks and other greenery locations of the city. However, this city fascinates the global honeymooners a lot. Most of the newly married couples plan their wedding celebration at sea shores of the city, hill stations, beach resorts and rest of the greenery parts of the Kerala. Yes, it would be an amazing experience for all to spend the best time of life with beloved in the greenery and lap of high hills of this city.

So, if you are keen to know more about the South India's charm, you need to book any of the South India tour package offered by the varied Indian tourism firms. For instance, South Tourism is one of the well known tourism companies in India which has offered incredible South tour packages at reasonable charges. The offered tour packages of this company are like Awesome Tamilnadu, Arupadai Veedu tour, Navagrah temple tour, Tamilnadu Pilgrimage tour, Tamilnadu honeymoon package and many more. You can experience the best time of tourism under these tour packages of South India.

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What is the outlook of foreigners about Madurai? - Madurai Tourism

What is the outlook of foreigners about Madurai?

Madurai is usually not known by anybody outside India.
If you ask anyone in India (say north indians), about Madurai - they would coin Madurai Meenakshi Temple.
Good enough...atleast they have heard and known about Madurai.

Few months back, Shilpa Shetty was popular due to Madurai's lawsuit. That is not Madurai is popular for!:(

Anyway, if you ask a foreigner, they would not have heard about Madurai - may be Madras they might know.
If the foreigner is kind of keen on international happennings and interested in tourism, then Madurai might make sense to him!

However, Madurai is seen as a tourist destination for international and national tourists.
The international tourists usually plan to drop by Madurai, on the way to Kanyakumari or in their South India tour.

Overall, Madurai is seen as an ancient historical place and good for tourism.

OK, if it is a tourism destination, how much is government allotting for tourism development in Madurai?
Is Madurai Corporation and Madurai Government concentrating on tourism development in Madurai?

OK, these days there are too much talk about Madurai IT Park?
There are small businesses in and around Madurai.

OK, let us wait and see if the outlook of Madurai changes to a commercial, IT second tier Hub or and as a international trade location.

Will Madurai ever be seen in the Business Map of the World?
Will ever Foreigners outlook of Madurai expand and extend from Toursim to other industries as well?

Vadamalayan Hospital - Medical Tourism, Madurai

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I recently visited Vadamalayan Hospital in Madurai, for my mother. Lot of things are taken care in the hospital related to cardiology especially. Inside, it looks like as if I am inside a very big hospital like Government Rajaji Hospital. Patients are very well taken care and it is expensive for sure for local people, however people from outside the country or much bigger cities would find it cheaper for the amount of treatment that is made.

Special doctors are available in this Madurai hospital. Anyway, here are some details about their Medical Tourism package in Madurai by the hospital.

Medical tourism is a term initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe the rapidly-growing practice of traveling across international borders to obtain health care.

MEDICAL TOURISM-Skilled medical professionals, infrastructure and technology on par with international standards, less waiting period, competitive medical costs and above all the hospitality exuding warmth and comfort are the major factors promoting medical tourism in India.

Vadamalayan Hospitals with all the above said factors in place is a right destination for people looking for medical treatment in India.

Right from planning your trip to the day you return home after the medical treatment,
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The focus is on the following three specialties:

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They also arrange for Packaged Tours:

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Promoting Madurai Tourism - Madurai Travel Packages, Madurai Tours and Madurai Tourism

We are hoping with the new government in place, there will be enough improvements for promoting Tourism in and around Madurai. It is not that there is no potential for Tourism, but there is lot of potential for tourism in Madurai. We need to attract tourists from all over the world, who are excited about the history and culture in Madurai.

Even, as a past NRI, I get excited every time I visit Madurai. Every time when I enter into Madurai via Madurai Mattuthavani bus stand or via the Madurai Railway station, Madurai is new to me and I want to explore more of Madurai.

The old architecture and every step dates back to many centuries and that is still maintained. There are various places near Madurai to look at and get excited about. Get things captured in your camera and your travel blogs. Here is a listing of some of the things that might interest you in Madurai.

Meenakshi Amman Temple
>> 1000 Pillar Hall

Thirumalai Nayakar Mahal
>> 10 Pillar Street

>> Vittavasal

Kilakuyilkudi Jain Caves

Yaanaimalai

Azhagar Koil

Teppakulam

Gandhi Museum

St Marys Church

Goripalayam Mosque

Temple Car

East Masi Street Police Station

Other historic locations:

>> Vilakkuthoon

>> VIctoria Albert Hall

>> Pasumalai

>> American College

>> Madura Mills

>> Vaigai River/ Vaigai Dam

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Southern Tamil Nadu can attract more tourists - Madurai last spot for tourism in South Tamil Nadu currently

While Tamil Nadu saw around 30 lakh foreign tourists during 2010, only 35,000 of them visited Madurai. As the city is the gateway to the southern districts, the numbers of foreign tourists further down south are bound to decline even further.

Also, many tourists head to Kerala after an over-night stay at Madurai rather than head to southern districts.

While the Meenakshi Temple and King Tirumalai Naick Palace (Mahal) garner the lion's share of tourists coming to Madurai, there is also a rich collection of Jain vestiges, awareness of which is very limited. Many are in remote locations such as Arittappati a hillock located around 35 km east of Madurai.

Despite the presence of iconic tourist locations such as the majestic Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, grand Chettinad palaces and famous waterfalls, the tourism potential of the southern districts of Tamil Nadu is far from fully harnessed, opine stakeholders in the industry.

With little investment and a major publicity campaign, these places could boost the inflow of tourists to the region.

With a new Government having taken charge, they have expressed hope that fresh initiatives would be launched to fully harness the tourism potential of the region.

With a little boost to infrastructure and an awareness campaign among tourist operators and if the local community could be persuaded and made to understand the benefits of tourism, more palaces could be opened for viewing. This could increase the tourist flow.

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Tourism is one of the important industries in Madurai and that fetches good amount of money and revenue into Madurai.

Most of the businesses are not very structured in Madurai. Say for example, Real Estate or Politics or Tourism/Travels etc., May be Hospitality industry is.

Anyway, some of the efforts in our businesses are to get some structure to the industry and fill in the gaps, so that we can also gain by providing some kind of infrastructure to the industry.

As far as I am concerned, we can provide infrastructure like Software and Online infrastructure and also a Business Process Outsourcing structure to the industry.

In this Tourism industry, we thought it is very much necessary for an online infrastructure to be present, so that any tourist who wants to have pleasure stay in madurai can contact and do the needful.

Hence we came up with a team of people who can coordinate with the tourists and bunch of travels companies to partner with and also bunch of good quality hotels to partner with. Moreover most importantly came with a website for contacting us - SanaTourism.com

Contact us sanatourism@gmail.com for more details.

if you are a Madurai travels, please contact us and we can help you tour in and around Madurai and whole of Tamil Nadu etc., If you go through our website, you will know.

FDI Investments Madurai Chennai Trichy Coimbatore Tamil Nadu India

Earlier, Foreign Direct Investments in the real estate was restricted to development of industrial parks, hotels, integrated townships and SEZ's. But on March 3, 2005, the Government of India replaced the integrated township policy to permit Foreign Direct Investments upto 100% in townships, housing, built-up infrastructure & construction - development projects, under automatic route (Press Note 2 (2005 series)). This amendment broadened the scope of FDI in Indian real estate arena & opened path towards investments in: Townships Housing Commercial Premises Hotels Resorts Hospitals Industrial parks Educational Institutions Recreational Facilities & SEZ's etc Further, it was ensured that FDI backed projects would be accorded national treatment at par with local developers. The State Government's/ Municipal bodies now approve projects for construction-development involving foreign investment. FDI in Real Estate - Aspects to be considered With the increasing foreign direct investments in the real-estate business, minimum built up area in case of construction-development projects - super built up area or covered (carpet) area may be governed by local regulations which is typically based by Floor Space Index (FSI)/ Floor Area Ratio (FAR) The requirement of minimum land area of 25 acres is only for projects where land developed with provision of common facilities & infrastructure for subsequent sale as plots for independent housing i.e. serviced housing plots. By implication, for 'constructed housing', criteria of minimum built up area of 50,000 sq mtrs should apply. The minimum capitalization requirement of US$ 5 million, i.e., capitalization requirement for JV company or minimum capital contribution by foreign investor refers to capital to be brought in by the foreign investor in the JV Company. FDI in Industrial Parks and Hotels & Tourism Investment by foreign directs in Indian industrial parks, hotels & tourism hold the following the aspects: Industrial Park FDI upto 100% permitted under automatic route in Industrial Parks (ie Technology Parks, Biotech Parks), approved by State Government Approval from Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion under Industrial Park Scheme, 2002 is only for availing 100% tax holiday Hotels & Tourism 100% FDI permitted in Hotels & Tourism under automatic route FDI in Hotels should not be governed by Press Note 2 (2005 series), clarification still awaited on the issue. FDI in Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Cent percent investment is permitted under automatic route for setting up of SEZs. The SEZ Bill, 2005 passed by Parliament and is awaiting President's assent. This bill: Provides single window approval mechanism for developers & units in SEZs Provides fiscal concessions for SEZ units/ developers - exemption from customs duty, excise, cess, service tax, income tax, stamp duty (under Indian Stamp Act, 1899), etc. Moreover, the bill is expected to trigger significant inflow of funds in infrastructure, increase production capacity and creation of new employment opportunities in the Indian economy. FDI in Construction & Development The State Government's/ Municipal bodies will now approve projects for construction-development involving foreign investment. These projects, backed by FDI, will be accorded national treatment at par with local developers. The various criteria & conditions governing these investments are: Criteria for Development Minimum 10 hectares/ 25 acres area to be developed for serviced housing plots For construction-development projects, minimum built-up area of 50,000 sq mts prescribed In case of a combination project, any one of above two conditions would suffice Conditions for Investment Minimum capitalization of US$ 10 million for wholly owned subsidiaries US$ 5 million for joint ventures with Indian partners Funds to be brought in within 6 months of commencement of business Original investment cannot be repatriated before a period of 3 years from completion of minimum capitalization. Investor may be permitted to exit earlier with prior Government approval Other Conditions At least 50% of project must be developed within of 5 years from date of obtaining all statutory clearances Project to conform with norms & standards laid down by respective State authorities Investor is responsible for obtaining all necessary approvals as prescribed under applicable rules/bye-Laws/regulations of the State Concerned Authority will monitor compliance of prescribed conditions by developer. The active participation of FDI's in the Indian real estate industry has propelled an extensive growth & expansion of the industry, leading to a boom in the real estate investment. Further, enhancing Indian infrastructure & providing a sustainable growth.

Nepal looks to boost Pilgrimage Tourism through road shows in Madurai and Kochi

In an effort to attract pilgrimage tourists from South India, the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) recently organised road shows in Madurai and Kochi. Dhruba Rai, Senior Manager - Corporate Services, NTB, said that the objective of the road shows was to facilitate mutual growth in the tourism sector. He pointed out that South Indians, especially those from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, preferred to visit religious places and NTB is keen to promote Mount Kailash-Manasarovar, in the region, he said.

He added that Nepal had a variety of tourist spots to attract tourists across age groups and has established itself as the gateway to Mount Kailash-Manasarovar. In the preceding year, 2011, celebrated as Nepal Tourism Year, the country attracted 5.44 lakh visitors and of them, 1.45 lakh tourists were from India, particularly, 50 per cent were from South India, according to a report by The Hindu Business Line.

(2011-10-31) Tamilnadu temples- Explore aesthetically designed shrines - Madurai Temple

(2011-10-31) Tamilnadu temples- Explore aesthetically designed shrines

Tamil Nadu is one of the spiritual destinations across southern part of India. It is well known for several prominent temples. These splendid sacred places are designed very aesthetically.

Anyone can easily find out all the Tamil Nadu temples which are dotted everywhere. If you want to explore and get the full fledged information about the shrines then you can avail the benefit of Tamil Nadu tour packages.

Tamil Nadu tourism is the superb option to search the popular attractions of the state. This destination is sanctified with lots of charms. Some of the allures are serene sea beaches, hill stations, churches, exquisite beauty, natural panoramas, soothing climate, Ayurvedic natural cure centers and rest of the green locations. Thus, this tourism is the delightful journey for all the global trotters.


But, here we will focus your attention on the magnificent sacred places of Tamilnadu. There are a number of holy places located in every cities or towns of the state. Some of the major holy places are Kumbeshwar temple, Meenakshi temple, Rameshwaram temple, Madurai Murugan temple etc. The architectural designs of all the holy places are truly graceful. Additionally, most of the shrines are devoted to the Shiva, Parvati, Vishnu and many more.


Now we will come to know about the few sacred places in brief:

Meenakshi Temple

Meenakshi temple is situated in the holy city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu. This place of pilgrimage is dedicated to Lord Shiva (as the Sundareswarar) and his wife Goddess Parvati (as the Meenakshi). You can also look for a number of images of Hindu gods, sculptures, monuments, statues and 14 magnificent Gopuramas (tower gate) which are vibrantly colored. The architecture design of this holy place is really tremendous. Thus, this religious place has special worth for all the Shiva as well as Parvati followers.

Rameshwaram Temple

Rameshwaram temple is located on the eastern shore of Tamil Nadu. It is devoted to Lord Rama. There are so many attractions located in every corner of this site. Some of the well known charms are grand corridors, tall Gopurams, (gates), approx 22 holy wells. Mainly the sacred wells are rich with diverse taste of water. This shrine is designed very majestically. However, this sacred place has special importance for the Rama�s devotees.

Ekambareswarar Temple

This shrine is in the Ekambareswarar city of Tamil Nadu. The
Ekambareswarar temple is meant for all the devotees of Lord Ekambareswarar and Goddess Sri Mangalambigai. At this place of pilgrimage, anyone can easily explore the various allures such as statues of Hindu deities, Kumbeshwar Linga, huge gate, sculptures etc. This sacred place is designed truly stupendously. Hence, this religious spots is renowned among all the Shiva�s lovers.

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Madurai Private Tourism Agent

Recently there is a site UP for Madurai Tourism Agency, from a private person.
Check out Madurai Tourism.

You can call an agent, book a room in hotel, check out details about the tourist places and sight-seeing places in Madurai.

They say -
Madurai Tourism brings you Tourist Spots in & around Madurai, India. If you are willing to visit, we take care on you and make your voyage immense safe & relief...

Check out www.maduraitourism.com.
In fact, website also looks good!!!

Note: We don't have any relationship with this private party.

Madurai Tourism - Madurai Travels, Madurai Hotels - Professional Tour help in Madurai

When you are traveling to Madurai and want to look around Madurai, and you are looking for someone who can help you in a professional manner and who can be a reliable person, then contact SanaTourism.com.

As a foreigner or an NRI or from other state than Tamil Nadu, you always have a fear of Traveling in the back - since you are in a new place. But with Sana Tourism.com you can take professional help and be taken care by a "Call Centre Executive" with you on phone for any help you need. A field executive to help you with any help in person. Online registration to convey your plans from your place and have everything planned before hand. We will map with a preferred travels and preferred car type and also help you with hotels accommodation in Madurai.

we can help with all South Tamil Nadu and Madurai tourism.

Contact SanaTourismIn@gmail.com or check out SanaTourism.com for filling up your travel plans and also you can select your travel packages.

Rs.12 Crore allocated to boost facelift to Madurai Tourism

Aimed at promoting Madurai as the best tourist destination in South India, the district administration has identified several tourist spots to showcase them to both foreign and domestic tourists. These spots include Vandiyur kanmoi (tank), Mariamman Teppakulam, Sathaiyar dam, Kutladampatti, Perungamanallur.

“To draw more tourists to Madurai, the district administration has chalked out various plans and taken a slew of measures in tapping its tourism potential. A detailed project report at an estimated cost of Rs15 crore has been prepared and sent to the government for approval,” U Sagayam, Collector, Madurai district said yesterday, according to a Deccan Chronicle report.

Under the tourism promotion scheme, Sagayam said several infrastructure development works including laying roads, bridges, constructing toilet facilities and creating parks would be taken up. To achieve the twin objective of conserving water resources and converting them into recreational spots, boating facilities would be arranged at Vandiyur tank, Mariamman Teppakulam and Sathaiyar dam.

As regards the Vandiyur tank, plans are afoot to deepen and create an island-like structure at the centre of the tank and beautify the edges along with the formation of an eco-heritage walkway. Efforts were on for permanent storage of water at Mariamman Teppakulam where boating would be made available till 7 pm daily after ensuring that all safety measures are in place.

The central Mandapam in the tank would be beautified with installation of statues to depict Tamil culture. Kutladampatti that is home to waterfalls would have pucca roads. “Under Nabard scheme, roads were being laid for a distance of 5 km from the village to the falls at a cost of Rs 39 lakh,” Sagayam said.

Sagayam added, “Aside from this, the historic building where Mahatma Gandhi gave up his formal attire and changed to simple khadi dhoti and a shawl to identify himself with the common man will be converted into a memorial. Also, in memory of the 16 persons killed for fighting against the Criminal Tribes Act of the British at Perungamanallur near Usilampatti in 1920, a memorial would be raised.”

Emergency Contact Numbers in Madurai - Madurai Tourism

Important Contact numbers in Madurai:

Country Code: ‘91′ / Area Code: ‘0452′
contact numbers in madurai

Incase of Emergencies:

Fire Stations: 101
Police: 100
Ambulance: 102 / Apollo Emergency Services: 1066

Information for the tourism related blog articles are sourced from:
Devadoss, M.(2007). Multiple facets of my Madurai. Chennai: East-West Books
and Madurai Tourism Info Pages

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Eco park in Thiruparankundram Madurai

After seeing the statistics of around 40 Lakhs tourists have visited the Thiruparankundram temple in Madurai, Minister Mr.MK Alagiri have contacted the tourism and central government to get a clearance for an eco park in Madurai Thiruparankundram area.

The government has approved for a park project of worth Rs.3.87 crores in the Thiruparankundram area. Following this, the tourists would also visit this park and that will be another spot for tourists and also income for tourism!

Great step! With these parks, Madurai becomes beautiful!!!:) We are glad as a team Madurai247!! this is not the first park, minister is launching.

this park would be ready by January it seems and the location will be to the back of the Thiruparankundram Madurai mountain.

Keep it going please.

Medical Tourism in Madurai - Meenakshi mission plans to open new hospital in Madurai and Thanjavur

In an attempt to redirect medical tourism opportunities from Chennai to smaller cities like Madurai and Thanjavur, which are popular tourist destinations for foreigners, Meenakshi Mission Hospital is planning to set up two hospitals, in Madurai and Thanjavur, with a combined investment of Rs 370 crore.

The 350-bed Madurai hospital will be built with an investment of around Rs 300 crore. It would have all major specialties like cardio, orthopedic, gastroenterology and nephrology, among others. The hospital has already signed a Rs 150-crore loan agreement with HDFC Bank for the project. The hospital in Thanjavur would be smaller with 200 beds and entail an investment of Rs 70 crore, of which Rs 50 crore would be loan component and the promoters would fund the rest through equity investment.

It is believed that Meenakshi mission has opened SunShine, a hotel an year back as a part of hospitality industry and that kind of shows a signal of the strategy and direction of the company.

All the Best Meenakshi Mission Hospital and wishing you a grand success in the ventures!

When will Madurai become/operate International Customs Airport - Madurai Airport

Madurai airport is poised for a major leap with the decks being cleared for the operation of international flights. Madurai airport is all set to become International Airport, but no Airlines is operating yet. All approvals from Centre is provided for Madurai Airport to operate as Customs and International airport, but the airlines are not ready to operate from Madurai yet. The operators are afraid to operate of any loss. Even the Tamil nadu Chamber of Commerce had appealed in all possible ways, but no international flight yet. Only Domestic flights are operating. That is the situation today. One more reason told is - Bilateral Airport Treaties entered between India and other countries(except Srilanka) does not include Madurai.

The notification declaring Madurai airport as customs airport was issued by the Centre in January. Subsequently we started the works facilitating the establishment of customs counters. Now, space for customs as well as immigration counters has been earmarked. As many as ten immigration counters are at the airport.

Sankiah Pandian said that the airport was ready with all facilities required for international flight services. "We are only waiting for international flight services to commence operation ," he said. The airport was established in the year 1957 and a new swanky terminal was inaugurated in 2009 sprawling across 189,000 sq ft. Only four airlines currently operate flights to Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi.

In another note - Sri Lankan Airlines, Manager (Tamil Nadu and Karnataka), B. Pirathapan, said that unless the travel agents guaranteed the profitability of flight operations to Colombo, the airlines industry, which was going through a rough patch, would not come to Madurai. “We are for making profit. There should be enough number of passengers to convince our bosses to launch operations from Madurai,” he said.

The senior president of Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, S. Rethinavelu, said that the chamber had promised Air Asia to bear the initial loss, if any, caused to the airlines on operation in Madurai-Kuala Lumpur route. “We are sure there would be no loss at all,” he said. 

The products of textile, rubber, jasmine and fish processing units were among the major goods that would give potential for international cargo movement. International operations would also help domestic tourism and medical tourism, he said. Around 50 to 70 passengers were going to each of foreign destinations of Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Dubai/Sharjah, Muscat and Colombo from the southern districts every day, he added.

Airport Director, Sangaiah Pandian, promised to extend all help to the airlines, including night operations from Madurai. The airliners need not bother that Madurai airport would eat into their revenues from Tiruchi. 

Madurai International Airport Authorities Contact Details are here.

Apart from having been declared as a ‘Customs Airport,' it also has a world-class high-tech integrated terminal built at a cost of Rs.130 crore. The runway has been extended to 7500 feet to facilitate introduction of international flights.

Chamber senior president S. Rethinavelu informed the Union Minister that there was lot of potential for both passenger and freight traffic for international flights from Madurai to Malaysia, Singapore, Muscat, Dubai, Sharjah and Sri Lanka. However, during chamber delegations to some of these countries, they were told by international air liners that, with the exception of Sri Lanka, Madurai Airport had not been included in the Bilateral Airport Treaties entered between India and those countries. This was preventing air line companies from operating international flights to Madurai Airport.

Reduce Prostitution in Madurai and send to rehab

Prostitution is a business of girls where girls or ladies sell their body for pleasure of men. Prostitution happens in different levels of society. In high class, it is done in apartments or individual houses or the girls might be brought to the house via tinted glass covered cars etc.,
In lower class, all the girls might be available in bus stands or public places for pick up. Or there might be agents to help the customers to reach the girls.

Well, that was a definition of prostitution. However, how these girls are coming to this business? Due to unavoidable circumstances and due to wrong minded relatives etc., and once they are into this loop, they don't have any other option and they continue it. Well, of course the society does not accept back the same person as well.

Is prostitution good or bad for the society? There are various perspectives to it. It is good in some ways and it controls some crimes, but in lot many ways more and more innocent girls are brought into this business for flourishing the business. This is not good for the society.

Recently I saw a prostitute in Mattuthavani bus stand and she was negotiating with a potential customer. Also I noticed one more person in Periyar bus stand and Arapalayam bus stand.

Well, I request the government to do some kind of resolution to this. I would not request the government to punish the girls or ladies, but to give them alternatives. To give them some other way of business which is recognized in the society. To give them some other life. Explain them that this is not it and they can lead normal life. Explain them that they can change their lives and government can help them.

There is no use in punishing them, but to help them. Even non-profit organizations can help them and not just government has to help. May be they can be joined into some old age homes where the old people can be helped and the same time do not reveal their past life to anybody and keep that matter confidential.

You know - that will be better. Due to the prostitution in Madurai, there is high possibility of AIDS and other diseases being spread to normal people also. Here is the Madurai statistics for AIDS disease. Due to a man's mistake, even the women folks and children end up getting AIDS which is not of their mistake. In a monthly time frame, there are cases reported in Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai. We have written article about that before.

Again, it is no use punishing them and putting them in jail, but only to have them put in rehab, counsel them and help them. The girls have no other option most of the times.

Well, to identify these prostitutes in Madurai - here are some tips to find out - they wear bright coloured saree or chudithar, lot of make up, bunch of flowers, they might be even wearing a thaali (mangal soothra) kayaru, wearing anklets sometimes. In terms of behavior, they look straight into the men's eyes and try to check your acceptance or your interest. Usually they are alone or they talk to some shop keepers, some auto walas touching their hands etc.,

This article is not to hurt anyone, but to have a cleaner Madurai and have a healthy Madurai.

Another reason we wrote this article is in terms of keywords of Madurai in internet, we are finding that there is lot of searches for Madurai Prostitute, Madurai Prostitute mobile number, madurai prostitute number, Madurai Prostitute Hotels, Madurai sex, Madurai girls, Prostitutes in Madurai, sex tourism in Madurai and interesting the searches are from outside Madurai and people are looking for this kind of activity in Madurai. Another interesting factor is many searches are from foreign countries as well. Is somebody distributing girls to tourists?

I am not sure where this girls distribution happens or where this business happens and how they do it etc., but a clear probe into this matter from Collector or Commissioner will be helpful.

We do not want to have Madurai to be a Sex tourism spot for tourists, like the way some of the far east asian countries are there today for Caucasian (Europe or US folks) tourists.

We from New Madurai Foundation request the government officials or Non-profit foundation to take action(do not punish but do rehab) of this business folks. Some one has to take action against it. Preferably government can do the needful.

This article is submitted to Collector and Commissioner.

AVN Swasthya an Ayurveda village launched at Madurai

Targeted at the International and up market domestic travelers, wellness seekers and Corporates, this facility is expected to provide a further impetus to the vast tourist potential of Madurai as a major centre of medical Tourism in Tamil Nadu.

AVN Swasthya a premier holistic center the first of its kind in Tamil Nadu was formally launched in Madurai today. Promoted by the AVN Group at Madurai, pioneers in Ayurveda since 1930, the facility is established on a 7 acre campus with an investment of over Rs. 14 crores. Targeted at the International and up market domestic travelers, wellness seekers and Corporates, this facility is expected to provide a further impetus to the vast tourist potential of Madurai as a major centre of medical Tourism in Tamil Nadu. Addressing the Media, Dr.Ramesh R Varier, Managing Director and Senior Physician, Arogya Hospital said, “The facility at AVN Swasthya has been designed in such a manner so as to delight all its customers. The facility includes luxurious accommodation comprising of 11 Executive AC rooms, 6 Villas with twin beds, 4 villas with suit rooms and 1 two bedroom villa, all with the latest amenities set to European standards and with attached therapy rooms. It also has an amphitheatre, yoga centre, health club, beauty spa, pure vegetarian multi-cuisine restaurant and garden restaurant, two board rooms and banquet hall, walking areas, Indoor and out-door games, trekking, bird watching and bullock cart rides to the nearby village to visit traditional pottery and doll making units. Apart from in-house activities, sight-seeing trips to destinations in and around Madurai are also organised along with the course, preceding it or thereafter.” AVN Swasthya offers the whole range of authentic Ayurvedic wellness programmes like detoxification, rejuvenation, stress management, anti-ageing, immunity enhancement, women’s health, Skin care programmes and individualised preventive healthcare programmes combining the traditional healing sciences of ayurveda, yoga, music and spirituality with a modern fitness regimen, a healthy vegetarian diet and state-of-the-art accommodation in a peaceful and , lush green natural environment within the city limits of Madurai but away from the din and bustle of the city. The company plans to go into the second phase adding another 75 rooms and 50 cottages within the next 3 years. Dr. Ramesh Varier added “The special feature of this complex is the unique combination offering authentic preventive and curative healthcare programmes in a resort like atmosphere. The facility is integrated with AVN Arogya Ayurvedic hospital a full-fledged Hospital with 100 beds offering Ayurvedic treatments for various chronic ailments like Degenerative and inflammatory problems of the neck, back and Joints, skin diseases, recurrent respiratory problems, menstrual and fertility problems. AVN Arogya hospital also operates speciality integrated clinics for Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics offering Ayurvedic therapies integrated with Occupational therapy, Neuro-developmental therapy, Physio-therapy, Speech therapy and learning disability training headed by a team of Allopathic and Ayurvedic specialists. The group also operates a network of Ayurvedic treatment centers in Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Kochi and Madurai”. The complex is targeted to cater to the much felt need of the people of Tamilnadu who had to otherwise go to Kerala to undergo Authentic Ayurvedic preventive and curative treatment programmes, by making the same available right in their home soil.

Remembering My Great Madurai - A special report from Madurai Machan! - Part I

Considering the fact that this article is a 400th article in Made in Madurai, I am writing this special article remembering madurai.

Dear Madurai,
I LOVE YOU my dear Madurai. I love you so much that no one can measure. I was born and did my schooling in Madurai. I just feel at home. No Hassles and No problem. Always had fun in Madurai. In fact some calm times are in Madurai only.

You are a perfect blend of rural emotions and urban facilities. People who live in Madurai enjoy both the advantages of rural and urban combinations. You can see whole lot of Rural floating population and also settled Urban population.

This article will manifest my love towards Madurai and also my dreams for Madurai.
I cannot make Madurai as New York, but I can make Madurai as another New Madurai, which is better than New York. This is my dream for my Madurai.

I want to call it "Pudhiya Madurai".
Kanavu Kandaen Naan Kanavu kandaen.
Yen Pudhiya Madurai Uruvaaga Kanavu Kandaen...Naan..
Kanavu Kandaen Naan Kanavu Kandaen..

This is a song written by me. But this dream has to be made to reality. That is what I will work towards.

I want to bring everything world class in Madurai. You might think why should I work on Madurai to get things straightened. Yes. I am thinking globally, acting locally, which I think is a success formula. Seeing the changes I make in Madurai, that exemplify for other cities over the country.

The areas which we will have to concentrate on:
1. Education to reach all and walking towards 100% Literacy in Madurai.
2. Every citizen in Madurai should get full meals three times a day.
3. Employment for every citizen. Walking towards 100% employment in Madurai.
4. Sow Entrepreneur seeds and make banyan trees out of this activity.
5. Clean and Green Madurai
6. Clean and Organized Traffic
7. People's Attitute towards Life
8. Improve Technology and Business in Madurai to lead towards a wealthier city.
9. Concentrate on Food, Clothing and Education.
10. Every Madurai citizen should get the basic thing and everything should be affordable to everybody.
11. Abolish child labour
12. Introduce a single number to track and help all of the population.
13. e-Governance
14. Population control
15.Sow Entrepreneurship in everyone's mind
16.Reduce tax rate
17.Abolish Corruption
18.Legalize abortion
19. Make it a best welfare city. Improve the income of the government by more and more industries, which in turn will create jobs.
20. Promote Small savings
21. Promote Tourism, which will be the highest revenue generating business for the city
22. Start a Mayor relief fund
23. Youth welfare and Sports development
24. Health improvement - Hospitals
25. Animal Husbandry
26. Horticulture
27. Agriculture
28. Poultry
29. Madurai District Mil Producers Union Ltd.,
30. Education - Schools, College/Universaties - UG, PG, PhD.
31. Fisheries
32. Handlooms and Textiles
33. Health and Family Welfare
34. Industries
35. Kallar reclamation
36. Revenue
37. Social Welfare
38. Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
39. Tourism
40. Transport
41. TWAD

People might think I am crazy, but probably I am. Why am I worrying only about Madurai - shouldn't I be concerned about all about India or all about mankind? You are right! But, my approach is - if we are able to make some positive change in Madurai, which is a small city in India and it is a part of India - automatically this positive change will spread across India and across the world. This is my opinion and I believe in this chain reaction.

In my life time, I can only work on something small and I want to achieve that. I don't want to take up a task in my life, which I will not be able to achieve it. I want to take up something which is challenging and at the same time achievable!! That is why Madurai!!! Moreover, I love Madurai!!!

Well, I have not talked yet about "remembering madurai". I have to talk more about Madurai in terms of what I remember!:-) in the following part II!!

Strengths of Madurai - Untapped Market in Madurai

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People are very Good by heart - They are innocent and want to help others. High Hospitality people

Potential for All the industries to come in - news, media, manufacturing, IT, ITeS, healthcare, pharmaceutical etc.,

Cheap Realestate, even though infrastructure has to be improved

Cheap quantitative and qualitative human resource

Untapped Youth resources and Student power in anything.

Untapped ladies at home, Housewives and old people time and effort

If we get proper funds from the central or state government, we can plan better and do something effective in Madurai

Huge consumer market for various FMCGs, Retail, IT - hardware and software

Since it has a historical significance and it dates back to Athens, we have a huge potential on Tourism.

We just have to regularize toursim a bit, to welcome the tourists

Like I listed above, there are many advantageous points for Madurai. All we have to do is put together and make some action...

more to come in following articles to be posted...check out the website again for more strengths of Madurai...