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'''Murugan Idli Shop''' ({{lang-ta|முருகன் இட்லி கடை}}) is a [[Chain store#Restaurant chains|chain of restaurants]], founded in the city of [[Madurai]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It specializes in ''[[Idli]]''. The chain has seventeen restaurants in [[Chennai]], three restaurants in [[Madurai]] and two in [[Singapore]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muruganidlishop.com/location.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530025715/http://www.muruganidlishop.com/location.htm |archive-date=2013-05-30 }}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:Murugan Idli Shop Nanganallur Chennai.jpg|thumb| Murugan Idli Shop at [[Nanganallur]], [[Chennai]]]]<br />
Originally named "Murugan Coffee Nilayam," the original Madurai branch only served coffee, snacks, and idlis.<ref name="mur ref2">{{cite news |title=Murugan and the idli factory |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Murugan-and-the-idli-factory/article11627366.ece |access-date=28 October 2021 |publisher=The Hindu |date=31 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="mur ref6">{{cite news |title=Packaged idli is going places; 400 calories of healthy food in your pocket |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/packaged-idli-is-going-places-400-calories-of-healthy-food-in-your-pocket/1558113/ |access-date=28 October 2021 |publisher=financialexpress.com |date=25 April 2019}}</ref> In 1991, the new owner of the restaurant changed its name and significantly expanded the menu.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Murugan-and-the-idli-factory/article11627366.ece|title=Murugan and the idli factory|last=Paitandy|first=Priyadarshini|date=2011-03-31|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-08-25|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The first Chennai branch was subsequently established in 2003.<br />
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In 2019,the licence of its central kitchen based at Ambattur Industrial Estate was suspended due to unhygenic and adverse sanitary conditions.<ref name="mur ref1">{{cite news |last1=Shivani |first1=Ramakrishnan |title=Chennai’s Murugan Idli Shop: Unhygienic kitchen lands popular restaurant chain in trouble |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chennai/murugan-idly-shop-unhygienic-kitchen-lands-popular-restaurant-chain-in-chennai-in-trouble-5986281/ |access-date=28 October 2021 |publisher=indianexpress.com |date=11 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="mur ref3">{{cite news |title=Chennai’s famous Murugan Idli Shop’s license suspended over poor hygiene |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food-news/chennais-famous-murugan-idli-shops-license-suspended-over-poor-hygiene/photostory/71098263.cms |access-date=28 October 2021 |publisher=Times of India |date=12 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="mur ref4">{{cite news |title=Kitchen licence of Murugan Idli Shop suspended in Chennai |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/120919/kitchen-licence-of-murugan-idli-shop-suspended-in-chennai.html |access-date=28 October 2021 |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=12 September 2019}}</ref> Additionally, on a complaint filed by a customer, notice was issued by officials from the Chennai division of the Department of Food Safety and Drugs Administration to a Murugan Idli Shop outlet located at Parry’s Corner.<br />
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== See also==<br />
* [[List of vegetarian restaurants]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{cite web|title=Video of interview with founder of Murugan Idli Shop|url=http://www.ndtv-hindu.com/features/metro-plus/2011/apr/05/208/murugan-idly-shop|publisher=[[NDTV Hindu]]}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.muruganidlishop.com/ Murugan Idli Kadai Site - Murugan Foods Private Ltd]<br />
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[[Category:Restaurants in Chennai]]<br />
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[[Category:Companies based in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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