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{{Short description|Neighbourhood in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Alwarpuram
|native_name_lang = ta
|other_name =
|settlement_type = Neighbourhood
|pushpin_map = Tamil Nadu
|pushpin_map_caption = Alwarpuram, [[Madurai district|Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
|coordinates = {{coord|9.9286|N|78.1351|E|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and Territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[File:TamilNadu Logo.svg|23x16px|border|alt=Tamil Nadu]] [[Tamil Nadu]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Madurai district|Madurai]]
|established_title = <! -- Established -->
|unit_pref = Metric
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_m = 161.19
|elevation_ft =
|demographics_type1 = [[Language]]s
|demographics1_title1 = [[Office|Official]]
|demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[English language|English]]
|demographics1_title2 = [[Speech]]
|demographics1_info2 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[English language|English]]
|timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|utc_offset1 = +5:30
|postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
|postal_code = 625020
|area_code_type = [[Telephone|Telephone code]]
|area_code = +91452*******
|registration_plate = TN 59 ** XXXX
|blank1_name_sec1 = [[Neighbourhood|Other Neighbourhoods]]
|blank1_info_sec1 = [[Goripalayam, Madurai|Goripalayam]], [[Sellur (Madurai)|Sellur]], [[Nelpettai]], [[Simmakkal, Madurai|Simmakkal]], [[Yanaikkal, Madurai|Yanaikkal]], Anna Nagar, K. K. Nagar, [[Tallakulam (Madurai)|Tallakulam]]
|blank2_name_sec1 = Corporation
|blank2_info_sec1 = [[Madurai Municipal Corporation]]
|blank3_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha|LS]]
|blank3_info_sec1 = [[Madurai Lok Sabha constituency|Madurai]]
|blank4_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha|VS]]
|blank4_info_sec1 = [[Madurai South Assembly constituency|Madurai South]]
|footnotes =
}}

'''Alwarpuram''' which is pronounced as 'Aallhwaarpuram' is a neighbourhood in [[Madurai district|Madurai]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book |author =D. Sundaresan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k84bAQAAIAAJ&q=alwarpuram |title=Language for State Administration: A Historical Account |date=2000 |publisher=Jothi Lakshmi |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ne85AAAAMAAJ&q=alwarpuram |title=Press in India |date=1967 |publisher=Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |author=India (Republic) School Health Committee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSeChSc1pagC&q=alwarpuram |title=Report |date=1965 |publisher=Ministry of Health, Government of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Alwarpuram |url=https://geoiq.io/places/Alwarpuram/4g277sPZUh |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=geoiq.io}}</ref>

== Location ==
Alwarpuram is located with the [[Geographic coordinate system|coordinates]] of ({{coord|9.9286|N|78.1351|E}}) near [[Goripalayam, Madurai|Goripalayam]].

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| coordinates1 = {{coord|9.9286|N|78.1351|E}}
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== Details ==
Every year during [[Meenakshi Tirukalyanam|Chithirai festival]], [[Vishnu|Lord Kallallhagar]] enters the [[Vaigai river]] in Madurai near Alwarpuram.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2023 |title=Lord Kallazhagar enters river Vaigai; deity's green cloth signifies a prosperous year ahead |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/lord-kallazhagar-enters-river-vaigai-deitys-green-cloth-signifies-a-prosperous-year-ahead/articleshow/100007015.cms |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Madurai Municipal Corporation|Madurai corporation]] installed steel gates at Alwarpuram near the riverfront to control the dumping and polluting the area.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 May 2022 |title=Madurai corporation installs gates at Alwarpuram riverfront to control dumping of |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/madurai-corporation-installs-gates-at-alwarpuram-riverfront-to-check-dumping/articleshow/91387266.cms |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Also, Kallallhagar on his return journey to [[Kallalagar Temple|Alagar Koil]], again visits Alwarpuram before going to Mysore Maharaja mandap for the event of 'Pooppallakku' there which is celebrated in a grand manner.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=21 April 2019 |title=Thousands follow Kallazhagar on His return journey |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/thousands-follow-kallazhagar-on-his-return-journey/article26905361.ece |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== Recreation ==
Recreational places such as [[Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai|Gandhi Museum]] and Rajaji Park in Madurai are situated at Alwarpuram.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 February 2023 |title=Madurai's Rajaji park losing its sheen in Madurai |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/madurais-rajaji-park-losing-its-sheen/articleshow/97674140.cms |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Aishwarya VP |date=6 January 2024 |title=Unkempt Rajaji, Eco parks affect Madurai's tourism image |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2024/Jan/06/unkempt-rajaji-eco-parks-affect-madurais-tourism-image-2648270.html |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Politics ==
Alwarpuram area falls under the [[Madurai South Assembly constituency]]. Also, this area belongs to [[Madurai Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 March 2021 |title=மதுரை மாநகராட்சி பகுதியில் - வார்டு வாரியாக சட்டப்பேரவை தொகுதிகள்|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/todays-paper/regional01/647019-.html |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.tn.gov.in/Web/pslist/ac192.pdf|date=28 January 2011|title=List of Polling Station for 192 Madurai South Assembly Segment within the 32 MADURAI Parliamentary Constituency|access-date=18 September 2024}}

[[Category:Villages in Madurai district]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Madurai district]]

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