top 10 spots to visit in Madurai, Tamil Nadu

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One of the oldest and largest cities in India's southernmost Tamil Nadu state, and historically the capital of the Pandyan dynasty, Madurai is also considered the state's cultural capital - sometimes referrred to as "the Athens of the East and "Temple Town." Popular with Hindu pilgrims, it has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a "smart city" under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's signature Smart Cities Mission.

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