Thanks to Tirumala, AP is top tourist spot

Madurai

It is narrated in legend that Madurai was originally a forest known as Kadambavanam. One day, a farmer named Dhananjaya who was passing through the forest, saw Indra (The king of the gods), worshipping a swayambhu (self created Lingam ) under kadamba tree. Dhananjaya, the farmer immediately reported this to King Kulasekara Pandya. Kulasekara Pandya cleared the forest and built a temple around the Lingam. A city was soon planned with the temple as its centre. On the day the city was to be named, Lord Shiva is said to have appeared and drops of nectar from his hair fell on the town. So, the place was named Madurai - mathuram meaning "sweetness" in Tamil.

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With the Tirumala Balaji temple attracting visitors in hordes, Andhra Pradesh has become the top tourist destination in the country, recording 206.8 million domestic tourists last year. Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh stood second and third, with 184.1 million and 168.4 million domestic tourists, according to data available with the Tourism Ministry. — PTI

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Thanks to Tirumala, AP is top tourist spot

Written By Unknown on Tuesday 23 July 2013 | 22:03

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