South Gate is a neighbourhood in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India,[1][2][3] with the geographical coordinates of 9°54'39.2"N, 78°07'07.3"E (i.e., 9.910900°N, 78.118700°E) and is located at about 161 m above the mean sea level.

Famous Meenakshi Amman temple is situated at a walkable distance of about 1 km from South Gate.

Madurai city is constructed in such a manner that neighbourhoods and streets are arranged in all the four directions keeping the temple at their centre.

[6] In the year 1989, a bridge having 0.5 km long and 12 m wide was constructed to decongest the traffic, connecting South Gate and Villapuram that leads to Aruppukkottai, over the railway line (Madurai junction to Madurai East Railway Station), at an estimated cost of ₹75 lakh.

[10] Ponnodai Karuppannasamy temple situated in South Gate is under the control of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Government of Tamil Nadu.