Monday, 25 August 2014

Meenakshi Temple of Madurai



Location 
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Bathed in a cascade of colors is the beautiful Meenakshi Temple - a typical, yet classic representative of Dravidian temple architecture with its gopurams (large sclupted gateways) and mandapams (multi-pillared halls). Lord Shiva and his consort Meenakshi or the Fish-eyed one are the reigning deities here. The complex, the dual shrines dedicated to the god and the goddess add to the elegance and the mystery of a divine legend - not widely known in the other parts of India.

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