EP-9 A Day in Madurai |Sabrees hotel, Alagar Kovil Temple | Local food of Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Madurai is famous for its rich heritage, Temples and food. This video is about our “A Day in Madurai” in which we explored the - Alagar Temple, Famous food joints of Madurai and Madurai Market.
Video Shoot Date - 21st Dec 2023
Just in case if you have missed watching our previous episode 8 Trichy to Madurai - Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam. Below is the link of the video
Link - • EP-8 Trichy to Madurai...
Breakfast near Teppakulam - We started our day in the morning by having breakfast at the “Sree Sabrees Hotel” near Teppakulam. We had mini tiffin in the breakfast.
Mini Tiffin Cost - Rs 100
Overall I like the restaurant it was neat and clean and had good food.
Teppakulam - After breakfast, we visited Mariamman Teppakulam. It’s a beautiful square tank which was built in 1645 A.D by Madurai king - Thirumalai Nayak. The Length of this tank is approximately 300 meters.
We also noticed there is a Shiva Temple in the middle of the Square Tank.
Alagar Kovil Temple - After travelling 28 km from the Teppakulam we reached Alagar Kovil Temple - This temple is dedicated to Lord Alagar (Vishnu ji). The temple is renowned for its stunning architecture and serene surroundings.
This Temple was constructed by the Pandya Rulers 1300 years back in the 13th Century.
We met a regular devotee of this temple Mr. Satyanarayan Ji who also briefed us more about the temple and its history.
We also attended the Cultural program inside the temple. Every year, this program takes place here from 17 December to 14 January.
Temple Timings - 6:00 am - 12:00 pm
4:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Lunch at Madurai - After this, we had our lunch at Shri Ram Mess, Madurai at Kaka Thoppu Street. For lunch, we had the traditional South Indian thali.
Food cost - Rs 170 per Thali
Vellai Appam near Temple - After lunch we walked for 10 minutes and reached Gopu Iyengars Tiffin Center near the Meenakshi Temple. This is a 93-year-old famous eatery. We had a famous Vellai Appam & Carrot Halwa.
Vellai Appam cost - Rs 15 per piece
Carrot Halwa - Rs 28
Street Food (Thennai Kuruthu) - Then we tasted a street food of Madurai called Thennai Kuruthu It’s basically an inner part of the Coconut trunk.
Coffee at Tallakulam - After this we travelled 2 km and had coffee at New Visalam Coffee bar at Tallakulam.
Coffee Cost - Rs 25
Madurai Market - After this we reached near the temple and we explored the market of Madurai. We have seen a lot of jewellery shops there someone told me that here in Madurai Market you can find approx. 2000 jewellery shop.
After this, we ended our day
Hope you like this “A Day in Madurai” Episode.
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no one can beat Tamil food, and I am not Tamilian ... I am from Chhattisgarh but lives in Bangalore and I love Tamil Nadu food

[@jaisuryabanerjee]

Harish Bali ji, though I am Bengali, spent a lot of my childhood in South India and Madurai never ceases to amaze me. Thank you for the amazing content you bring to the whole of India, you need a national award! Regards

[@cg5611]

Glad you integrated south India in you.

[@sarojaprasad1]

Harish ji, that was a wonderful episode on Madurai. If you don't mind, one humble suggestion. In the South, we don't use both hands to eat food. It's certainly a taboo. The moment we see someone eating with both hands, we know he's not from South.

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@@cg5611 Of course. I've also spent other parts of my life in the North and East. I think that gave a broader perspective of the true beauty and diversity of our country. Cheers

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I also feel the same.

[@neerajsaxena]

The temples of South India always make me mesmerized. These temples' architecture, history, and prayers are beyond amazing. People are so involved in their culture and proudly describe the stories behind these monuments, that generations need to learn how to protect, praise, and learn from the ancient mythological stories. Only these things make the Western world always fascinated with India. It is the utter responsibility of the current generation to protect this precious wealth from getting eroded into ashes.

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Tamil culture mujhe bhut achi lgti hai Tamilnadu temple awesome👍

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Southindian filter coffee is refreshng and stressbuster.. whenever one is tired of shoping or traveling having one cup filter coffee makes you fresh.

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Harish Bali ji namaskar. While watching today's episode with my daughter, she made an observation. In her words," His channel should be called You Don't Need A Visa2explore and we all don't need a visa to explore as he is helping us explore India from our homes " Appreciating your efforts

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[@nathanrenga78]

Probably one of the "greatest" episodes, ultimately a perfect episode!"Drone shots "of theppakulam and the ultimate "bhakti" darshan of Azhagar Perumal!Thank you bringing in Satyanarayanan ji for the description!loved you enjoying "paruppu saadam" in Shriram Mess!Thank you for kindling classic "Vellai Appam" and Carrot Halwa memories in Gopu iyengar tiffin centre!'Thennai kuruthu' is the ultimate stomach saviour! keep vlogging 'Madurai'!Radhe Radhe Harishji🙏

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[@debashreetdas1369]

Another great thing in south india is they respect women and in hotels and restaurants, one can see a lot of women either serving food or collecting bill

[@pk_8820]

On the top of the hills beside Azhagar temple, you can find divine waters is Noopura Gangai. It is considered to be a drop that spilled over the hills when Brahmaji did Paad Abhishek of Bhagwan Vishnu from his Kamandalu when Bhagwan Vishnu took the Vaaman avatar. The drop fell after touching the Noopura (payal) of lord Vishnu.

[@subramaniansubramanian6329]

Very good

[@jessimanazir3655]

And on the way to Nupur gangai we have a beautiful Murugan temple.. Pazhamudhirsolai. My city❤

[@jayasurya5149]

Pandyas were mentioned in mahabharata, making them one of the oldest and longest ruling dynasties in the whole world. Brahma had wish to wash lord vishnu feet this happened when lord vishnu took trivikrama form during vamana avatar, when lord vishnu placed his feet on satya loka to measure worlds, brahma washed lord vishnu feet, the water which touched the noopuram of lord vishnu fell on rishabadri parvatam(alagar hills) and formed a stream called noopura ganga. This is one of the important information regarding alagar temple. One of the temples people doesn't know is thirumohur, which is believed to be birth place of mohini avatar. There are two alagar temples they are koodal alagar and kalalagar temple( temple in this video). During meenakshi marriage koodal alagar performs marriage, while kalalagar comes to madurai border i.e. vaigai river and returns to his place as marriage is already happened.

[@palchinsolanki2574]

The richness and power in meenakshi amman temple.

[@damvka8731]

I visited Madurai for the first time on Diwali in 1977. That time we had darshan at Alagar kovil as well as Mariamman Teppakulam. I don't remember which of these two places we visited had a pond where we could immerse our feet in the pond and get a fish pedicure. Even after this long time I remember it. I have been to Madurai again a few more times, but never again visited the other two places. But I am planning a trip next January when the climate is reasonably better. All these temples (kovils) now appear very different to what I could recollect from my first visit. I have seen many vlogs but rarely these places are visited and recorded.

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उत्तम चलचित्र 👌👍👌👍👌👍🙏

[@harishshankara1318]

Harish sir, there was another popular temple just 3km from Alagar Sundaraja perumal temple called Pazhamudircholai Murugan temple on top of the hill behind inside Alagar kovil forest. Another 0.5km further there is another Amman temple which one should climb few stairs where there is holy water that flows and people take bath there.

[@ramoorty]

I visited the murugan temple few years back❤

[@sairamsatvik4046]

Sir but harishji doc told him not to climb 40 steps so he has skipped

[@venkat4167]

Thanks for your videos. I am a Tamilian and I enjoyed those 😊 Jai Shree Ram 🙏

[@dwarakanath1527]

Harishji, Superb. Alagiri Perumal is brother of Meenakshi Matha. The Dosa prasadam is mouth watering. At the foot of this temple you will see a big door which is treated as Karuppan the kavalidaivam of the main diety Enjoyed

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Welcome to the club, we have been watching him since 2017

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Beautiful madurai we can notice everywhere it is very neat and clean and in hotels food is so tasty and maintaining hygiene.eating in plantain leaves is very good for health and tasty

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Harish ji is the genuine travel blogger....how beautifully describes every place...n how much respect he gives to the local food n people also...he is the gem

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We 2 sisters 👯‍♀️ taking our parents and 2 bua all >67above to Madurai and rameshwaram and your vlogs help us a lot.. thank you so much sir 🙏❤️….

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Outstanding information sir

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Outstanding vlog. 👌👌👌. Beautiful Alagar Kovil 👌👌👍 Hats off to your team 👍💐💐

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Because of your videos I visited Sikkim and Vrindavan. Looks like Madurai is the next place to go !

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गज़ब। छा गए हरीश जी। Ambassador of our culture and tourism. Kul mila ke Dil khush ho gaya

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I visit madurai on last August 2023 its wonderful experience ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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Harishji, this is superb episode ever I saw. You covered all including mountains view and information abt temple. Thank you

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Someday he will get the recent award started by Govt of India.Definitely desurves it.

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Ep 9 A day in Madurai video fentastic harishji. Temple very nice. Subah breakfast nice. Lunch also very nice. Tea shop nice. Jewellary shops are very nice. Wonderful video. Love from Karnataka.💛❤💛❤💛❤🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

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Madurai is where my dad was born and brought up. Tirunelveli is where my paternal grandparents are from. Both cities are very very close to my heart. You have covered both very well. Thank you! I have so many stories about Madurai and Tirunelveli, cannot write them in comments. These cities are the cultural and spiritual nodes of Thamizh culture. Without them Thamizh culture will not exist.

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Your recorded tour genuinely made and helps people for hotel, food, temple visits and most of details from you saheb

[@Ulagu]

Super content, restaurants and videography. Had you driven up the Alagarkovil hills, You could have got darshan of one of those six abodes Lord Murugan . Few more minutes up, bath in a sacred water of Rakkayi theertham

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As usual good,adbhut sama badha

[@arund2205]

I'm born brought up in madurai. Happy to see Hindi speaking vloggers in our city spread our culture across India.

[@jsr9685]

In Bihar 5 languages, in UP also 3 -4 languages with multiple dialects Gujarati, Bengali,odia, Assamese,Punjabi And You think Two india Hindi speaking one side and tamilnadu one side Don't do this I love all languages and Tamilnadu ❤❤❤

[@sciencenw]

@@jsr9685But you have destroyed those languages of UP and your people are on full power mode to destroy our languages and identity .. Of course there are many languages in India and we respect all languages but Northies want everyone to learn Hindi ..

[@arund2205]

We respect Hindi, but our language Ancient and superior.

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⁠@@jsr9685tamils all over the world from srilanka,malaysia,singapore,where tamil national language in india only tamil official language,tamil nadu never under moghul,gupta,nanda dynaty only pan indian dynasties,we were under british like slaves,we dont want to be under hindians also,we have our culture to protect any bihari,gujarathi come here should adopt tamil,and culture,even arabs came settled and mingled with us,and became tamils,if keeping our unique culture irritates you,you can make hindia with up,bihar,mp,raj,uttrakhans, chattisgargh,jharkhand.leave us outindia only a federation of states not single unit,your attitude can separate many states starting with tamil nadu,there will not be any india,dont play with tamils

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​@@arund2205What superior all ur temples built by our Telugus

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One more very special interesting, informative and special episode. I enjoyed watching this episode

[@venkatasubramanya7582]

Wonderful, you enjoy all types of food

[@sudhamuralidharan6574]

Very nice I noticed madurai & azhagar koil are very neat & tidy Thanks ji

[@harrysmani]

The reason why Alagar koil is filled with locals is , it is the family diety of the majority of people from Madurai and surrounding regions with Karunappanasamy. You will get a divine feeling, if there is too much it will be polluted as it would become a tourist place. Thank God

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One of the expensive explorer ❤

[@themighty_boy9752]

The most organic videos are created by you Harish sir. There's so much unknown/rare information about places and it's history, nothing flashy yet not boring at all. There's always a peaceful aura created while watching all your videos. Thank you, wish you a healthy life.

[@kedarseeker8907]

Beautiful comment 👌✍️👌✍️👌🙏 Kindly watch old temples shown by us also. You may like them. 🙏

[@s_pr]

South Indian breakfast is always the best... no comparison to any..

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Thanks for bringing unknowns 🙏🏼

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Thank you so much for explaining Madurai...❤❤❤

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Very nice content sir.

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So amazing and wonderful

[@sundarr457]

Fantastic Bro..... every part of India offers something unique.....unity in diversity..... Madurai never sleeps, they say, eateries available all through the night ....why didn't you visit KoodalAzhagar temple just stones throw away from Meenakshi temple.....a very sacred Vishnu temple.....

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[@ViswanathVRao]

There's a temple for Lord Muruga (Kartikeya), s/o Lord Shiva on the mountain in Azagar Kovil. That temple is called Pazamudhir Cholai, one of the 6 temples of Lord Muruga. Thank you for your video.

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this man uniting and creating awareness about India like anything. The way you enjoy food, culture and divinity of temples, deity and nature is appreciable and should be followed by every Indian to enrich their lives.

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Harish ji ..hi am big fan of you ..from Mauritius watch all your episodes..this THENNAI KURUTHU here in Mauritius we make tropical salad of it ..and taste very good even we cook it in curry meat and prawns curry ..very tasty. Thank you for your work you are doing .. people all over the world get to the gems of India ❤ Great Job . God bless ❤

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Clear information about madurai.Harish jee you have given details of Algar temple Lord vishnu so beautiful and informative ❤ keep going on ....Best Wishes

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Maza a gya sir😍

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नमस्कार हरीश जी 🙏❤️🕉️ बहुत ही बढ़िया और सार्थक दर्शन करवाने के लिए 👍 मिनाक्षी मंदिर मदुराई और संस्कृति बहुत ही बढ़िया और सुंदर जगह है 👍👌❤️🙏🕉️💪🇮🇳💪

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Nice episode, we are enjoy, thanks

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Very interesting episode. Love all that food. Makes me hungry! The outside of those temples are amazing. That temple in the middle of the water looks incredible. Wonderful that there is walking path all around it. Thank you. Safe travels

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उत्तम प्रतिक्रिया 🙏

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ग्रेट वीडियो। मदुरै और तंजावुर के होटल सबसे बड़ियां खाना परोसते हैं।

[@a.s.psastry7710]

Thank you Harish Bali. Nice trip with you in Madurai. Your enjoying the South Indian Meal and breakfast left me mouthwatering. Good Velliyappam and chutney. Looking towards darshan of Madurai Meenakshiamman.

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Super 🙏🙏

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Baliji.....the simplicity and honesty with which you present the episodes you bring out the true essence of our beloved nation and our civilization

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Sir.Loved this episode.Next time please visitbPazhamudhircholai.

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Thanks for wonderful video 😊

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बहुत दिन से मन में सोच रखा है की हैदराबाद से रामेश्वरम रोड ट्रिप करेंगे और एक दिन मदुरई में रुकेंगे.... हो नही पा रहा है। ये ब्लॉग देखने के बाद तो अब और मन करने लगा 😅 lovely info sir👌🏽

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मैंने यह यात्रा इस फरवरी में की थी

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Very very informative video, so good to see the temple

[@kedarseeker8907]

Beautiful comment 👌✍️👌✍️👌🙏 Kindly watch old temples shown by us also. You may like them. 🙏

[@soummyy]

So much developed in terms of research and presentation, usually that call kand of coconut tree, that tastes exactly like coconut

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Very informative vlog 👍

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Madurai reminds me of fantastic spread of veg food in Arya bhavan restaurant ( 1992) and wonderful saree shop Hajimusa. Thanks Sir to ignite memories again of that city

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Beautiful 👌 to watch new things 👏🙏🏻

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Very nice coverage of Madurai...

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Very nice video

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Good one Really enjoyed watching

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Wah..Wah..Sir..Maza aa gaya Nice ep.. All the best..Tc sir

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Amazing ❤👍

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I am v far away but I feel I'm travelling with you. Thankyou for taking me around India.

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Awesome

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Good episode 🎉

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Tamilnadu hub of Hindus ❤

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Excellent video

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Amazing city madurai tour video

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after lunch after huge eting lovely

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Today's episode rocks!!!!

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