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Historians say
Laid out when Vishwanatha Nayaka rebuilt the city on Shilpa Shastra principles. Street width decreases as the rings move outward.
Tradition says
Early Tamil literature describes the streets as radiating from the temple like a lotus and its petals.
Historians say
One of the four concentric street belts around the Meenakshi temple, named for a Tamil month. Each belt is a square of four streets - North, South, East and West Chithirai Street - not a single road. The Chithirai festival chariot procession still runs these streets.