The Gateway Hotel Pasumalai Madurai (Tamilnadu, India) (earlier "Taj Residency") is a  hundred year-old celebrated property is perched atop the Pasumalai hill, amidst 62 acres of landscaped gardens. The hotel offers a panoramic view of the Temple City and the Kodai hills. It is a 15-minute drive from the famous Meenakshi temple and city centre.

Accommodation (50 centrally air-conditioned rooms)

• Standard Rooms: All rooms are elegantly appointed with a colonial–style décor and offer guest amenities like international direct dial facility, channel music and colour television with satellite programmes.

• Old-World Rooms: Many of these wooden floored large rooms are over a century old and exude an aura of colonial charm.

• Superior Rooms: Newly constructed, elegantly appointed rooms with bay windows offering a view of the swimming pool and the city.

• Deluxe Rooms: Spacious rooms with bay windows, offering a breathtaking view of the towers of the Meenakshi temple and the Kodai hills.

Distances

Madurai is visited as a part of Heritage / Pilgrimage Itinerary of Tamilnadu and Kerala.

 Meenakshi Temple