Maducarai

Maducarai Madukarai
Village
Nickname:  Madukkarai
11°52′08″N 79°36′21″E / 11.868947°N 79.605925°E / 11.868947; 79.605925
Country	India
State	Puducherry
District	Pondicherry
Taluk	Bahour
Commune	Nettapakkam
Languages
• Official	French, Tamil, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	605 105
Telephone code	0413
Vehicle registration	PY-01
Sex ratio	50% ♂/♀

Maducarai is a panchayat village^[1] 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).

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

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

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

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

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.

• 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.

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  Map of Maducarai(East), Nettapakkam Commune
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  Map of Maducarai(West), Nettapakkam Commune
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  Marakkaaleeswarar Temple Entrance
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  Freedom Fighters Centenary Year Memorial Arch
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  Freedom Fighters Centenary Year Memorial Arch- Close up
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  Maducarai Bus Stand
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  Maducarai (East) Village Panchayat Office

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

• Official website of the Government of the Union Territory of Puducherry