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This research paper aims to understand the urban setup of Madurai city in context with the vastu shastra and analyse its town planning principles based on ancient scripture describing principles of design, layout, space arrangement, and spatial geometry which impact the overall urban development of the city. Vastu Shastra, the ancient Indian science of town planning and architecture, aimed at achieving a balance among functionality, bioclimatic design, and religious and cultural beliefs. (Ananth, 1998) Madurai city is one of the ancient historic and cultural cities with standing as the second largest in the Tamil Nadu district of India. It has been a major religious centre with settlements developed in a typical sense of fashion along the core temple which reflects some ancient religious town planning features. Therefore, our research aim is to analyse and compare the structure of cities designed according to Vastu, in the case of Madurai city.