Why visit Sholavandan
Townapedia lists 3 parks and trails in and around town.
Highlights include Government School Park.
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About Sholavandan
Sholavandan is a panchayat town in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located on the left bank of the Vaigai River, sixteen miles north west of Madurai. It is one of 12 "town- panchayats" of Madurai district.
From the Wikipedia article Sholavandan (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parks, trails and playgrounds3
Government School Park
Park
Sholavandan - Andipatti - Valayapatti Road, Madurai
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Churches and places of worship17
CSI Immanuel church
Church · Catholic
Sholavandan - Andipatti - Valayapatti Road, sholavandhan
Jenagai mariamman temple
Place of worship · Vaishnavism
Amman sannadhi street, Madurai
Jenagai Aiyappan Temple
Place of worship · Vaishnavism
Kovil sannadhi street, Madurai
Jenagai Ayyappan Temple
Place of worship · Vaishnavism
kovil sannadhi street, Sholavandhan
Sri Jenagai Narayana Swami Temple
Place of worship · Vaishnavism
Kovil sannadhi street, Madurai
Sri Jenagai narayanswami temple
Place of worship · Vaishnavism
Periya kadai veedhi, Sholavandhan
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Healthcare1
History
A hillock in Anaipatti, a few kilometres from Sholavandan has a large cave: with hundreds of Jain beds with inscriptions carved in the Brahmi script. These are dated to 300 BCE. One of these inscriptions is stated to trace the origin of the name of the city Madurai.
Some Jain beds around the village seem to have epigraph evidence of Sholavandan.
In stone beds made by Jains, inscriptions have been found in the Tamil-Brahmi script;
where பாகன்ஊர் (Paganur) is thought to refer to the present village of Sholavandan
Pagunur has been stated to have been established in the 200 BCE; which can perhaps be taken as one of the earliest evidence of documented inhabitation. Thenur a village near Sholavandan, has been reported to have been mentioned in Sangam texts. A rock cut inscription in the nearby Samanamalai hillock, dated also to 200 BCE, has reported one interpretation of the Tamil Brahmi script to include the word Thenur.
A gold treasure found in Thenur, has been assigned a date of around 300 BCE: which could be another byte of information on the antiquity of the Sholavandan.
From the History section of Sholavandan on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Sholavandan
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Getting there and nearby towns
Madurai International Airport (IXM) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 25 km away.
- Vadipatti 7 km north, about 7 min by car
- Samayanallūr 9 km southeast, about 9 min by car
- Paravai 13 km southeast, about 13 min by car
- Pudukkottai 14 km southeast, about 14 min by car
- Tirupparangunram 20 km southeast, about 20 min by car
- Madurai 21 km southeast, about 21 min by car
- Dindigul 39 km north, about 39 min by car
- Kodaikānāl 57 km northwest, about 57 min by car
- Srivilliputhur 67 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Kāraikkudi 88 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- VAIGAI RIVER. BORDER OF SHOLAVANDAN WESTERN SIDE, Mamichaelraj, CC BY-SA 4.0
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