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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.
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English: Meenakshi Amman Temple (Tamil: மீனாட்சி அம்மன் கோவில்) is a historic Hindu temple located in the holy city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, South India. Date 10 November 2011
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.
Images or icons have been found on the entrance walls of the temples, and the graceful mythical lion is believed to protect and guard the temples and ways leading to the temple. They usually have the stylised body of a lion and the head of some other beast, most often an elephant (gaja-vyala). [ 8 ]
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]
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