Madurai is the second largest city by area in Tamilnadu after Chennai and it is the 25th populated city in India. Madurai, also called by different names like "City of Jasmine" (Malligai maanagar),"Temple City" (Koil maanagar), "City that never sleeps" (Thoonga nagaram) and "City of four junctions" (Naanmada koodal) is surrounded by several mountains. The Madurai city has 3 hills as its city boundary. Yanaimalai, Nagamalai, Pasumalai named after Elephant, Snake and Cow respectively. It is famous for Jasmine Flowers. Jasmine flowers are transported to other cities of India from Madurai.

The District is situated in the South of Tamil Nadu state. It is bounded on the North by the districts of Dindigul, Thiruchirapalli and on the East by Sivagangai and on the West by Theni and South by Virudhunagar. Geographically Madurai district lies on the North Latitude between 9°30 and 10°16 and on the east latitude between 77°15’and 78°25 The geographical area of Madurai district is 3,741.73 sq. km.