Whenever I go to Madurai, my home town in India, I must go to Meenakshi Amman Temple, if not my home coming is never complete! Besides having a satisfactory darshan, I enjoy walking around the temple soaking up in the beauty of the tall கோபுரம்(towers), பொற்றாமரை குளம் (Golden Lotus Pond), and story telling sculptures! Here is a view of North Tower.
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| North Tower - Mottai Gopuram |
All the towers are adorned with beautiful sculptures that depict stories from puranas (legand/mythology). However, this tower is almost bare and the locals call this as மொட்டை கோபுரம் (bare tower!?). The legend says that all the towers in this temple was built overnight by the bhootahganaas (Lord Shiva's heavenly followers). Sunrise occurred while building the north tower, so it was left incomplete!
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| View from Inside |
Here is a shot of South Tower, which is filled with story telling sculptures...
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| South Tower |
12 comments:
Great one for skywatch! The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. Happy TGIF! Hoping you can visit my skywatch post.
wow that is one impressive temple. i wish theree were some closer shots.
My sky is here
Great shots. Very beautiful! LG Tina
Thanks for you tip! - What is pulavu, is it basmati rice? :( LG Tina
lovely capture! :)
Thanks for Mom´s recipies link. I will give this a try even my hubby loves Chapati :)
Have a nice weekend - Lg Tina
WOW!!!! How interesting and elegant.
I like it very much!
It is very helpful!
THX for sharing
Quite an amazing sight. Now I wonder what it looks like inside.
Thank you for your visit and comment. Couldn't agree more with your sentiment. The patina of time is always appealing. Have a great weekend.
Very good photos of this temple.
Regards!
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