Madurais streets

We dwell into the explanations behind the attention-grabbing names given to the streets within the temple city

Among the various alternative distinctive aspects of the town, one is that the attention-grabbing names of the roads in Madurai. a decent variety of lanes and bylanes within the town are names once attention-grabbing things. Here's a ride through the roads.

A short history
Since time immemorial, Madurai has been a strategically town in terms of construction of roads and buildings. The streets in Madurai were said to possess been designed by the Pandya kings centuries ago. Be it the design or the roads within the recent areas of the town, the residents are all praise for his or her ancestors.

Months
N Sulaiman, retired regional assistant director of art and culture department offers us an insight into a number of the popular streets within the town and also the reasons for his or her existence. He begins, "Meenakshi Amman temple is that the centre purpose for the formation of all the roads. The roads not like the opposite major cities are sq. formed. the primary road known as 'Aadhi Veethi' is situated within the temple campus. This street is solely for religious purpose.

Common folks are not allowed to use it. The chithirai street, Masi Street, avani moola street and also the consequent streets lay in consecutive squares round the temple." If an individual begins touring a street, he would land on an equivalent road in an hour. He can't be diverted anywhere, apart from the slender cross cuts between the streets. "The streets surrounding the temple are named once Tamil months. {the town|the town|town} has been described as 'lotus shaped' city in one in all the Tamil literatures. An ariel read of the place are going to be breathtaking," he adds.

Occupation
Names of some streets conjointly denote a selected occupation. as an example, some cities have localities named once profession of individuals living there. Back here in Madurai, that was specifically what was done. Sulaiman continues, "In precedent days, the artists and also the painters operating within the temple and also the king's palace got homes in an exceedingly specific street. Hence, the road came to be known as 'chithrakarar theru' (a street of artists). The 'kollanpattarai theru' (a street of iron workshops) was the abode of ironsmiths. they might create weapons for the palace army. the road where musicians dwelled was baptized 'Mettukara theru' (a street of music composers)."

Businesses
Some streets conjointly pointed to the character of business worn out the corresponding premises.
curiously, an equivalent is being followed until currently. Priya G, a frequent visitor to the present space, says, "Starting from the 'valayal kaara theru' (the street of bangle sellers), the character of every business may be identified from their names. The gold merchants, gold jewelry outlets are in an exceedingly street known as 'nagaikadai theru' (street of jewelry shops). a number of the opposite attention-grabbing streets are Pathirakaara theru ( street of utensil sellers), Vethilai pettai (street of betel leaves) and nel pettai (street of rice wholesalers). These street names are self explanatory."

History
aside from the streets named once the regional flowers and national leaders, there are some vital numbers of streets that denote the historical events in their names.

Travise, a student says, "A classic example is that the 'Barathiyaar Ula Veethi (the walking street of Barathiyar). The national poet Barathiyar used to run in that exact road throughout his teaching reign at a faculty nearby. This incident dates back to the age of pre-independence."