Thiruparankundram
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Thiruparankundram, also spelled Tiruparangundram, is a neighbourhood in Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. Located about from the city center, it is located on the southwest part of the city. The town is situated abutting a huge monolithic rock hill that rises to a height of .
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- Locality
- Madurai
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India
- Population
- 50,004
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Thiruparankundram
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- Panorama_of_Thiruparankundram_Madurai.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the town with the Murugan temple in the foreground
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- India Tamil Nadu#India
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- Thirupparankundram, Tamil Nadu
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Madurai
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal Corporation
- Settlement.governing_body
- Madurai Municipal Corporation
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 12
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 171
- Settlement.population_total
- 48,810
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Tamil Nadu
- Area
- 16.26
- Elevation
- 136
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Full side view.jpg
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- Thirupparankundram
- postal code
- 625005
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Thiruparankundram, also spelled Tiruparangundram, is a neighbourhood in Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. Located about from the city center, it is located on the southwest part of the city. The town is situated abutting a huge monolithic rock hill that rises to a height of .
It is home to the Subramaniya Swamy Temple, located on the foothill. There are numerous historic monuments, temples, a dargah, and Jain relics, some of which are protected as national monuments by the Indian government, on the hill.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thiruparankundram” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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