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Yali in pillars at Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple. Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple was built by Pandyan Emperor Sadayavarman Kulasekaran I (1190 CE–1205 CE). He built the main portions of the three-storeyed Gopuram at the entrance of Sundareswarar Shrine and the central portion of the Goddess Meenakshi Shrine, which are some of the earliest surviving parts of the temple.
A Gopuram of Meenakshi Temple at Madurai. The temple complex in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India is dedicated to Meenakshi who is worshipped as the primary deity. It is also referred to as Meenakshi Amman or Meenakshi-Sundareśvarar Temple. [25] [26] Meenakshi's shrine is next to that of her consort Sundareśvarar, a form of Shiva. [6] [27]
English: The Golden Lily Pond(called Potramarai in Tamil) is located inside the Meenakshi Amman Temple to the left of the corridor leading to the Shrine of Meenakshi Amman. One can view the imposing South Gopuram raising above the opposite temple corridor to the height of 170 feet.
The garbhagriha contains a large idol of Meenakshi Amman. Devotees are not allowed to wander around the garbhagriha. Devotees are not allowed to wander around the garbhagriha. Around the main idol, the saptha maathas (several female deities - Brahmi , Maheswari, Kaumari, Vaishnavai, Indrani , Chamundi and Varahi) are installed.
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The Chidambaram temple complex, for example, has the earliest known Amman or Devi temple in South India, a pre-13th-century Surya shrine with chariot, shrines for Ganesha, Murugan and Vishnu, one of the earliest known Shiva Ganga sacred pool, large mandapas for the convenience of pilgrims (choultry, ambalam or sabha) and other monuments.
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