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meenakshi temple
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| Photo Information |
| Copyright: sayan majumder (senice) (26) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2004-10-21 |
| Categories: Architecture |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-11-10 12:42 |
| Viewed: 643 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
I was in madurai for just few hours,actually i was on my way to kodaikanal but guide suggested to visit the temple. Surely it was a great place of history.
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.
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. |
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Excellent POV and I love how the structure stands alone against the sky. This building is just incredible and I have taken a course on South Asian art and architecture. It is truly amazing. I would recommend maybe sharpening the photo a bit and maybe adding a bit more contrast, but it's excellent anyway. Good angle and thankyou for the background info!
-Lara
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