Each sculpture in the tower depicts Purana stories. I have bought the Sthala Varalaru (History of the Temple) in Tamil & this includes pictorial explanation of all the stories am hoping to translate and pen down these stories in my blog, wish me luck...
Seasoned traveller, with a penchant for authentic experience, besides oft-beaten tourist spots. Habitually I observe and admire various things around me, be it clouds, water bodies, landscapes, cuisine, culture et all. Here I express personal experience and two pence on anything that fancies me, mostly through the pictures I take!
Monday
Gopura Darshan
Elders say that Morning Gopura Darshan is punniyam. Here is the view of Therku Gopuram (East South Tower) of Meenakshi Amman Temple...
Each sculpture in the tower depicts Purana stories. I have bought the Sthala Varalaru (History of the Temple) in Tamil & this includes pictorial explanation of all the stories am hoping to translate and pen down these stories in my blog, wish me luck...
Each sculpture in the tower depicts Purana stories. I have bought the Sthala Varalaru (History of the Temple) in Tamil & this includes pictorial explanation of all the stories am hoping to translate and pen down these stories in my blog, wish me luck...
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Meenakshi Amman
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3 comments:
Bei,
A small correction, this is South Tower :) !!!
Therku Gopuram translated to South tower.. very good translation ;P..
TQ very much for correcting...What blunder! While writing this post I was chatting abt shopping near East Tower area, so I shld've made this mistake...
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