Meenakshi Amman Temple is over 2000 years old, . Meenakshi Amman temple also known as Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple is located in the city of Madurai on the Southern bank of river Vaigai. The temple is dedicated to Sundareswarar (Lord Shiva) and Meenakshi (Parvathi). It is one of the few temples in Tamil Nadu to have four entrances facing four directions. According to legend, the beautiful Meenakshi (a version of Parvati) was born with three breasts and this prophecy: her superfluous breast would melt away when she met her husband. The event came to pass when she met Shiva and took her place as his consort. The existing temple was built during the 17th-century reign of Tirumalai Nayak, but its origins go back 2000 years to when Madurai was a Pandyan capital.e four streets surrounding the temple are pedestrian-only. The main entrance is by the eastern gopuram . First, have a look round the Pudhu Mandapa , the 100m-long, 16th- century pillared hall facing the gopuram . Its filled with colourful textile and craft stalls and tailors at sewing machines, partly hiding some of the lovely pillar sculptures, but its easy to find the triple-breasted Meenakshi near the southeast corner, and her marriage to Shiva, accompanied by Vishnu, just inside the western entrance. A particularly handsome light-blue Nandi bull (Shivas vehicle) sits outside the mandapas eastern entrance.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 12:44:53 +0000
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