Maducarai is a

panchayat village Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

in Nettapakkam Commune in the Union Territory of

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. It is also a revenue village under

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. Muducarai consists of two village panchayats namely Maducarai(East) and Maducarai(West).

Geography

Maducarai is bordered by Kariamanickam in the east and rest of three sides bordered by

Tamil nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

villages.

Transport

Maducarai is located at 32 km. from

Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...

. Maducarai can be reached directly by any bus running between Pondicherry and Maducarai.

Road Network

Maducarai is connected to

Mangalam Mangalam is a census town in Tiruppur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Geography Mangalam is located at . It has an average elevation of 32 metres (104 feet). It is located 1 kilometer toward the South from District headqu ...

- Maducarai State Highway ( RC-19).

Tourism

Marakaleswarar Temple

Marakaleswarar Temple is one of the ancient temple in

. 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.

Gallery

File:Maducarai-East-Ward.jpg, Map of Maducarai(East), Nettapakkam Commune File:Maducarai-West-Ward.jpg, Map of Maducarai(West), Nettapakkam Commune File:MDK-Sivan-Koil-Entrance.JPG, Marakkaaleeswarar Temple Entrance File:Maducarai-Entrance.JPG, Freedom Fighters Centenary Year Memorial Arch File:MDK-Entrance1.JPG, Freedom Fighters Centenary Year Memorial Arch- Close up File:Madukkarai-BS.JPG, Maducarai Bus Stand File:MDK-East-Panchayat.JPG, Maducarai (East) Village Panchayat Office

Politics

Maducarai is a part of

Nettapakkam (Union Territory Assembly constituency) Nettapakkam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Union territory of Puducherry in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seve ...

which comes under

Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency) Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency covers the entire Union Territory of Puducherry. Pondicherry became a union territory after the implementation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of India in 1962 and changed its name to Puduc ...

References

External links

Official website of the Government of the Union Territory of Puducherry
{{Puducherry District Villages in Puducherry district