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Country
  
India

District
  
Pondicherry

Commune
  
Nettapakkam

Local time
  
Friday 11:49 PM

State
  
Puducherry

Taluk
  
Bahour

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Area code
  
0413

Maducarai

Weather
  
27°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 78% Humidity

Maducarai (Tamil: மடுகரை) is a panchayat village in Nettapakkam Commune in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. It is also a revenue village under Nettapakkam firka. Muducarai consists of two village panchayats namely Maducarai(East) and Maducarai(West).

Contents

Map of Madukarai, Puducherry

Geography

Maducarai is bordered by Kariamanickam in the east and rest of three sides bordered by Tamil nadu villages.

Transport

Maducarai is located at 32 km. from Pondicherry. Maducarai can be reached directly by any bus running between Pondicherry and Maducarai.

Road Network

Maducarai is connected to Pondicherry by Mangalam - Maducarai State Highway (RC-19).

Marakaleswarar Temple

Marakaleswarar Temple is one of the ancient temple in Puducherry. It belongs to Chozha period.

Freedom Fighters Arch

Freedom Fighters Centenary Year Memorial Arch is located on Siruvandhadu road. The pillars in the arch has the list of freedom fighters who fought for the merger of Pondicherry with the Indian Union.

People from Maducarai

  • V. Venkatasubha Reddiar, freedom fighter and politician, was a Chief minister of Pondicherry.
  • V. Vaithilingam, politician, was a Chief minister of Pondicherry.
  • M. D. R. Ramachandran, politician, was a Chief minister of Pondicherry.
  • Politics

    Maducarai is a part of Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency) which comes under Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency)

    References

    Maducarai Wikipedia