Karumuttu Thiagarajan, Madurai: Madurai Industrialist Personality Profile

Kalaithanthai Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, Madurai

I am very excited and was stunned to read the profile of Karumuttu Thiaragarajan Chettiar, founder of Thiagarajar Mills, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai etc.,'s profile in wikipedia. It highly impresses me and inspires me.

He was the tenth and last child in his family. He was educated at St Thomas' College, Sri Lanka.

He took an active part in the struggle for Indian Independence. He founded fourteen textile mills, nineteen educational institutions, the Bank of Madura, and the Madurai Insurance Company. He also published for a number of years a daily called 'Tamil Nadu Daily'He named his tamil daily before Government of Madras named it as Tamilnadu.

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Musician Madurai R Sundar: Madurai Profile

Musician Madurai R Sundar's Self Narrating Profile

I was born into a family where Carnatic music, in some form and degree, was part of day-to-day life. While my grand parents and parents were knowledgeable listeners-connoisseurs of Carnatic music, I had in my aunt Smt. Ananthalakshmi Sadagopan a reputed concert musician, who had had her training under stalwarts like Sathur A.G. Subramania Iyer and Semmangudi Sriinivasa Iyer. All these set the tone for what was to become an integral part of my life.

The initial lessons and several kritis were taught by my aunt and I had the privilege of singing with her in a few of her concerts. She, apparently, saw in me a sincere yearning to pursue music and since she visited us only for a couple of months in a year, she persuaded my parents to put me through rigorous training under a guru in Madurai. At that time Sri. T.N.Seshagopalan was setting out in his career as a performing musician and it was Smt. Ambujam Krishna, a close friend of the family, who suggested to my aunt that I should learn from TNS. My parents Smt. Vijaya and Sri.A.N.Ramaswamy put my sister Radha and myself under TNS’s tutelage in 1971. That was a turning point in my pursuit of music. My sister and I had our debut in concert at a marriage reception in Pazhani in May 1974. We performed together for a few years until our srutis dictated a separation.

There were a few sabhas in Madurai that hosted concerts regularly, giving me memorable moments of listening to musicians like Semmangudi, DKP, MDR, Chembai and so on.

My five years at IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Madras gave me opportunity to compete in the music competitions in Chennai and also listen toattend music concerts regularly.Participating in the competititons helped build both my repertoire and confidence. After securing my bachelors degree in Engineering, I joined IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Ahmedabad for an MBA in Finance and Computer Systems. Despite the excruciating schedule, I had opportunities to both practise and perform.

After my MBA, I branched off into information technology as my mainstay. Padma and I got married in Aug 1985. We have been residents of USA since 1989. We have a son Sai Karthik (b 1998) who is a student of the Mridangam Maestro Dr.Trichy Sankaran

I pursue a dual career - of IT Manager and musician-cum-teacher. My wife and myself run a school by the name Trinity Academy of Fine Arts and offer one-on-one lessons in vocal music.

When I am not singing or teaching, I enjoy a quiet moment reading novels (English and Tamil, especially Tamil) or watching tennis and basketball or riding an exer-cycle. Another favorite past time of mine is long distance driving with my family, while listening to good music.

Madurai R Sundar

Please check out his profile in his personal website

Madurai Automobiles - Cars - Service, Spares and Sales - SG Jayaraj and Nadar Sons

Recently Jayaraj group had come up with a brand new website for their group of companies.

They seem to have got the website work done by winways, madurai.

Jayaraj Group is a popular group in Madurai for their variety of services it provides in Madurai.
In general this group is popular for its Automobiles - Car - Service, Spares and Sales - SG Jayaraj and Nadar Sons.

'The Jayaraj Group' is named after Mr.S.G.Jayaraj Nadar, who was a man with vision. He was a leading businessman, industrialist, exporter, transporter, hotelier, farmer and educationist of yesteryears. He founded the S.G.Jayaraj family business spread over Tamilnadu.


'The Jayaraj Group' is in automobile and earth moving dealerships, transport, education/schools, hotels, telecom and farming.

Here is the website of Jayaraj Group

RR Industries Madurai Ongoing Project: MADURAI TOWNSHIP

We have been hearing about RR Industries building the township in Madurai for IT Park. Here is their official information about their plan and township in Madurai -

This extract is from their website. Please read on -

RRI’s latest venture at Madurai, which will be developed by Rudradev Township Private Limited a Special Purpose Vehicle promoted by RRI. It will have all the core elements of function and quality with other equally essential ingredients, cutting edge technology, clean aesthetic design and affordability to produce a state of the art infrastructure facility.

It is proposed to build a township for the IT park facility just outside the city of Madurai in the name of Rudradev Township Private Limited. The main reason is that the present infrastructure in Madurai is not very good. So it is better to create the entire setup on the outskirts. The township will be one of the best in the country.

There will be no need for people staying in the township to go anywhere. It is estimated that 75000 people will work in the IT parks and a total of 90,000 people will work in the township so supporting 25000 families will be no problem.

300 acres of land is being bought for the same and may go up to 750 acres. The land is located 5 km south of the airport and 12 km south of the center of city. It is on a National highway which is being widened from a 2 lane to a 4 lane highway

The time frame being looked at is 5 years over which it is proposed to build

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5 million square feet of IT space
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25000 residential units
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2 Hospitals
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2 Hotels
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4 Shopping complex
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2 Multiplex
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1 Club
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Space for recreational activities
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1 School
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Water supply and sewerage system
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Road system

LOCATION

The location of this new IT Park will be at Solankurini Village, Madurai. It is well connected by Road, Rail and Air. This site is located in an area which is classified as Industrial Zone. Electronics Corporation of Tamilnadu and SIPCOT also has plans to setup their units near to this place.

CONNECTIVITY

The proposed site is about 6 Kms from Madurai Airport and about 15 Kms from Railway Station. The proposed site is on Madurai Aruppukottai Road. In terms of road connectivity, the proposed site is well connected and has regular bus services plying on both the access roads. The roads have the potential to be made very wide.
PROPOSED INFRASTRUCTURE

The IT Park complex with multiple structures shall have the following facilities.


1. Core Software Development Center
2. Business / Convention Center
3. Infrastructure Services Block
4. Multi cuisine Cafeteria / Food Courts
5. Substations for Power and Utility services.
6. Water and Waste Treatment Plant
7. Recreation and Health Centre
8. Parking blocks /Driving range
9. Gymnasium/Walking Zones
10. Florist / Gift Shop
11. Swimming pool
12. Scenic environment with jogging tracks
13. Landscaping with arterial roads
14. Pocket parks and water bodies.
15. ISP Rooms
16. Fixed Double Glazed tinted windows for restricting heat and sound pollution
17. Electrical switchgear of excellent quality
18. Centralized water cooled power efficient Air-conditioning
19. TNEB connection for 40 000 kva
20. Back up power for 50000 kva
21. Multiple power risers with separate distribution box for each floor
22. Multiple risers at various shaft ways for data cabling
23. Smoke detection and alarm system
24. Sprinkler system / Water riser for fire safety
25. Access Flooring as per clients requirement
26. Water ring in the yard for fire safety
27. Rest Rooms for each floor and common
28. CCTV on the entire premise
29. ATMs
30. Special A/c (AHU) for server room
31. Incubation space for upcoming small units with good growth potential

The proposed facility will be compliant with the applicable international codes and standards for handicapped persons. All aspects of OSHA standard shall be taken care of in design and selection of material and services.

Here is the RR Industries Website explaining about Madurai Project

If you are interested, here is the Coimbatore Project

Madurai Jobs/ Madurai Career - Madurai Velai Vaaippugall

Madurai Jobs/ Madurai Career - Madurai Velai Vaaippugall

We are planning to host a "madurai job portal" inside our "made in madurai" umbrella very soon - again absolutely FREE.

This is a joint effort between "New Madurai Foundation" and "Made in Madurai" consultancy. We are trying to get all the skillsets available in Madurai to a single place.

Considering the future uplift of Madurai, we suppose there would be more employment opportunities in Madurai.
In order for tackling that problem, we are soon launching a job portal as "Madurai Velaivappu - Madurai Jobs".

The website is going to be very very simple, following the fundamentals of Google and Craigslist.
Nothing flashy, but straightforward and to serve the purpose of Madurai Jobs.

This would satisfy both Job Seekers in Madurai and Employers in Madurai.

There would be a category of items as classifieds - like which industry to search the job in. Once you select the industry, the employer can find the list of job seekers available.

At the same time, job seekers would find the jobs when they choose the category.
This madurai job portal is not just going to have only Software Jobs, but ALL of the JOB CATEGORIES and ALL INDUSTRIES in Madurai.

Keep your fingers crossed.

If you want to be well in advance, send your resume to jobs.madurai@gmail.com.
Let your friends and family know about it and let them send their resume to jobs.madurai@gmail.com

Madurai Malli/ Madurai Malligai/Madurai Jasmine

Madurai Malli/ Madurai Malligai/Madurai Jasmine

Madurai is surrounded by several mountains. It is famous for Jasmine Flowers. Jasmine flowers are transported to other cities of India from Madurai. Madurai is well known for its fragrant Jasmine flowers. Jasmine is known as Malli or Malligai in Tamil.

Madurai Malli is an important horticultural produce. The buds are transported every day to major cities in India, like Chennai, Mumbai and Bangalore.

Even there are online shops like flowers.com who deliver madurai malligai/madurai malli to any destination you want.

interesting...

What is the outlook of foreigners about Madurai? - Madurai Tourism

What is the outlook of foreigners about Madurai?

Madurai is usually not known by anybody outside India.
If you ask anyone in India (say north indians), about Madurai - they would coin Madurai Meenakshi Temple.
Good enough...atleast they have heard and known about Madurai.

Few months back, Shilpa Shetty was popular due to Madurai's lawsuit. That is not Madurai is popular for!:(

Anyway, if you ask a foreigner, they would not have heard about Madurai - may be Madras they might know.
If the foreigner is kind of keen on international happennings and interested in tourism, then Madurai might make sense to him!

However, Madurai is seen as a tourist destination for international and national tourists.
The international tourists usually plan to drop by Madurai, on the way to Kanyakumari or in their South India tour.

Overall, Madurai is seen as an ancient historical place and good for tourism.

OK, if it is a tourism destination, how much is government allotting for tourism development in Madurai?
Is Madurai Corporation and Madurai Government concentrating on tourism development in Madurai?

OK, these days there are too much talk about Madurai IT Park?
There are small businesses in and around Madurai.

OK, let us wait and see if the outlook of Madurai changes to a commercial, IT second tier Hub or and as a international trade location.

Will Madurai ever be seen in the Business Map of the World?
Will ever Foreigners outlook of Madurai expand and extend from Toursim to other industries as well?

Nakkeerar - Madurai Profile

Lord Shiva performed "Thiruvilayadals" for poets who prayed to him for succour. Once the Pandiyan king had a doubt as to whether the scent from a woman's hair was natural or artificial. He announced a price of 1000 gold coins for anyone who clear his doubt. A poor poet named Tharumi prayed to Lord Shiva to make him get the award. The Lord gave a poem to the poet and asked him to take it to the King. When this poem was read in the court, Poet Nakkeerar found fault with it and stopped the giving od the prize. Alas! Tharumi's grief grew and he again appealed to the Lord. He said he was not for not receiving the prize but he could not bear anyone finding fault with the Lord's poems.

Thereupon, Lord Shiva himself came to the court and challenged Nakkeerar. But Nakkeerar could not be cowed down. Though the divine poet asked him if the hair of Ganapoongodai,the consort of Lord Kalathinathar,whom Nakkeerar worshipped ,did not have the natural scent,the undaunted Nakkeerar asserted that it was so.

Suddenly the Lord opened the eye in his forehead (Netrikkan) which emitted fire and looked at Nakkeerar to show the poet who he was. Even then, Nakkeerar persisted in his statement. As he could not bear the scorching heat, emanating from the divine eye he jumped into the water of the Golden Lotus Tank. Then at the request of the other poets, the Lord took Nakkeerar out of the tank, forgave him and made him study under 'Agasthiar', the tamil Sage.

Source: madurai dot com

Madurai M.K.Azhagiri

MK Azhagiri | M.K.Azhagiri | M K Azhagiri

Muthuvel Karunanidhi Azhagiri, generally known as M. K. Azhagiri, Madurai, is an Indian politician. The elder son of the head of the Dravida Munnetra Kazagham, Karunanidhi, he is a candidate to succeed him as party president.

Although he harboured hopes of eventual accession to the post of President, Karunanidhi always appeared to prefer his younger son, M.K. Stalin, a former mayor of Chennai and currently a minister in the state cabinet. In fact, in 2000, orders went out that partymembers should 'distance' themselves from Azhagiri.

Following clashes between the supporters of M. K. Stalin and M. K. Azhagiri, he was sent to manage the party in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu from Madurai, while M. K. Stalin was retained in Chennai to manage the party in the northern districts.

M.K.Azhagiri has two daughters and one son. He lives in Madurai.

Source: Wikipedia

Madurai Mani Iyer - Carnatic Music Singer from Madurai

Madurai Mani Iyer (1912-1968) was a famous Carnatic music singer, who was famous for his unique style. He was one of the celebrated carnatic vocalists during the first half of the 20th century.

Madurai Mani Iyer, whose original name was Subramanian was born to Sri Ramaswamy Iyer and Smt.Subbulakshmi in Madurai on October 25, 1912. His father Sri.M.S.Ramaswami Iyer, a Sub-court Clerk, was the brother of the famous Vidwan Pushpavanam, who was a great classical musician himself.

Mani Iyer's tutelage in music started at the tender age of nine. His first guru was Sri Rajam Bhagavathar who was Disciple of Ettayapuram Ramachandra Bhagavathar.

Did you know there is a MK Azhagiri's website?

Did you know there is a website for Mr. MK AZHAGIRI, Madurai?

MKAZHAGIRI.com