The main road
A single arterial route carries much of the traffic between Madurai and the countryside, and most of the local streets branch directly off it in short, irregular spurs.
Tabula geographica minimalis · India
9.9580° N / 78.1886° E
A roadside settlement on the edge of Madurai, where the city's streets thin into fields beneath a long granite hill.





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Ottakkadai lies on the north-eastern edge of Madurai, where the city's outward growth meets the farmland of the Vaigai plain. From above it reads as a transition zone: a main road carrying traffic out of the city, clusters of streets branching off it, and then an open patchwork of fields, tanks and scattered buildings. The pattern is loose and practical, shaped by the road rather than by any formal plan.
The most striking feature nearby is Yanaimalai, the long granite hill whose outline is often compared to a resting elephant. On a map it appears as a smooth, empty shape that the streets simply flow around, a reminder of how the rocky outcrops of southern Tamil Nadu decide where people build. The settlement itself stays modest, a place of homes, shops and daily commuting into Madurai.
Because the urban fabric is sparse, the layout rewards a careful look. An Ottakkadai map poster keeps the road network crisp against a quiet background, showing how lanes gather around the main route and fade out towards the countryside. It is an honest portrait of a place on the edge of a southern Indian city, the kind of neighbourhood that rarely appears in guidebooks but matters greatly to those who live there.
A single arterial route carries much of the traffic between Madurai and the countryside, and most of the local streets branch directly off it in short, irregular spurs.
The elongated granite hill nearby forms a clean, empty silhouette on the map, with roads and fields arranged around its base rather than across it.
Dense blocks near the road give way to fields and open ground, so the poster captures the exact line where Madurai's growth meets rural Tamil Nadu.
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Cur Ottakkadai
For families from Ottakkadai, many of whom now live elsewhere in India or abroad, a map of the home streets is a quiet, personal keepsake. It skips the usual postcard imagery and shows the real shape of the place, road by road.
The title, subtitle and coordinates line can all be changed, so you might add a family name or a date that matters. Pick from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, then download the files or order a print.
Eme tabulam Ottakkadai| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
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