Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple

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The enormous temple complex is dedicated to Shiva, known here as Sundareshvara and his consort Parvati or Meenakshi. The original temple was built by Kulasekara Pandya, but the entire credit for making the temple as splendid as it is today goes to the Nayaks. The Nayaks ruled Madurai from the 16th to the 18th century and left a majestic imprint of their rule in the Meenakshi - Sundareswarar Temple.

It is said that the temple was plundered in the 14th century by the Muslim raider Malik Kafur who looted the temple of its valuables. Restoration was undertaken by the Nayak ruler Vishwanatha Nayakar around the 16th century. It was Vishwanatha Nayak who rebuilt the temple in accordance to shilp shastra.

The temple complex is within a high-walled enclosure, at the core of which are the two sanctums for Meenakshi and Sundareshwara, surrounded by a number of smaller shrines and grand pillared halls. Especially impressive are the 12 gopuras. Their soaring towers rise from solid granite bases, and are covered with stucco figures of dieties, mythical animals and monsters painted in vivid colours.

 

[suryausa]

wow..... arunachalam also looks same

 

 

 

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[Laila2]

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[Mental_Krishna]

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[ARYA]

2 yrs bck visited madurai temple...super feeling after the visit :)

[suryausa]

 

 

ellora 

 

ela build chesaro appatlo 

[Raaji]

Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple 

baaguntundi

[simham1]

 

 

 

 

The enormous temple complex is dedicated to Shiva, known here as Sundareshvara and his consort Parvati or Meenakshi. The original temple was built by Kulasekara Pandya, but the entire credit for making the temple as splendid as it is today goes to the Nayaks. The Nayaks ruled Madurai from the 16th to the 18th century and left a majestic imprint of their rule in the Meenakshi - Sundareswarar Temple.

It is said that the temple was plundered in the 14th century by the Muslim raider Malik Kafur who looted the temple of its valuables. Restoration was undertaken by the Nayak ruler Vishwanatha Nayakar around the 16th century. It was Vishwanatha Nayak who rebuilt the temple in accordance to shilp shastra.

The temple complex is within a high-walled enclosure, at the core of which are the two sanctums for Meenakshi and Sundareshwara, surrounded by a number of smaller shrines and grand pillared halls. Especially impressive are the 12 gopuras. Their soaring towers rise from solid granite bases, and are covered with stucco figures of dieties, mythical animals and monsters painted in vivid colours.

 

he was the governer of Vijayanagara empire under Srikrishna deva raya .......................many temples which were destroyed by turaks were restored by them in the south.............and also they built many temples ...................

[suryausa]

he was the governer of Vijayanagara empire under Srikrishna deva raya .......................many temples which were destroyed by turaks were restored by them in the south.............and also they built many temples ...................

 

south and north lo rajputs build chesina temples abba suuper ....... ee turkas rakunda vunte India entha beautiful vundedo.

[simham1]

south and north lo rajputs build chesina temples abba suuper ....... ee turkas rakunda vunte India entha beautiful vundedo.

they built temples only in the north not in the south...........even some spineless rajputs converted to Islam for power greed.........turaks came to India only because of non-unity among Hindu kings .........they tried for 600 yrs to establish a kingdom in India ............we have that powerful kings ...the only reason we lost is because of no -unity..........at least at the time of country division we would have let them go to Pakistan...only because of bloody gandhi and nehru we are suffering today............

[sivasriram]

they built temples only in the north not in the south...........even some spineless rajputs converted to Islam for power greed.........turaks came to India only because of non-unity among Hindu kings .........they tried for 600 yrs to establish a kingdom in India ............we have that powerful kings ...the only reason we lost is because of no -unity..........at least at the time of country division we would have let them go to Pakistan...only because of bloody gandhi and nehru we are suffering today............

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[suryausa]

they built temples only in the north not in the south...........even some spineless rajputs converted to Islam for power greed.........turaks came to India only because of non-unity among Hindu kings .........they tried for 600 yrs to establish a kingdom in India ............we have that powerful kings ...the only reason we lost is because of no -unity..........at least at the time of country division we would have let them go to Pakistan...only because of bloody gandhi and nehru we are suffering today............

 

 

i meant north temples built by rajputs

.....  true

[Novak_Djokovic]

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