Madurai is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu[1][2] It is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District and a popular Hindu pilgrimage centre.[3][4][5]
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^"Ptolemy (2nd century ce), commenting on the brisk trading relations between 'Modura', the Greeks and the Romans, calls it 'the Mediterranean emporium of the south'" Madurai (2002). In Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend, Thames & Hudson.
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