Sholavandan

Sholavandan is a panchayat town in Madurai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the left bank of the Vaigai River, sixteen miles north west of Madurai. It is one of 12 "town- panchayats" of Madurai district. This town appears in history from the Sangam period itself. A hillock in Anaipatti, a few kilometres from Sholavandan has a large cave: with hundreds of Jain beds with inscriptions carved in the Brahmi script. These are dated to 300 BCE. One of these inscriptions is stated to trace the origin of the name of the city Madurai. Some Jain beds around the village seem to have epigraph evidence of Sholavandan.In stone beds made by Jains, inscriptions have been found in the Tamil-Brahmi script.

Jenagai Mariamman Temple, Janaga Narayana Perumal Kovil, Sri Santhana Gopala Krishnaswamy Kovil situated in Double Agraharam Street, and Saneeswaran Kovil are some of the temples in Sholavandan. Arulmigu Akilandeswari Samethe Moolanadha swami temple is a temple of Lord Shiva, sited in Thenkarai, Madhurai, a village which is on the opposite side of Sholavandan on the banks of the Vaigai River. Chithira Ratha Vallabha Perumal Temple; at Kuruvithurai village which is 8 km from Sholavandan.