Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundaraswarar Temple is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in the temple city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to the goddess Meenakshi, a form of Shakti, and her consort, Sundareshwarar, a form of Shiva. Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple was built by Pandayan Emperor Sadayavarman Kulasekaran 1190 The most popular fact about the temple is that it is home to a hall that has a thousand pillars, a sacred pool with a golden lotus where you can take a ritual bath, a wedding hall, small shrines, gardens, and elephant sheads.

---

Size: 4883px × 7349px
Photo credit: © Atul and Jogi Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1190, 2000, arulmigu, asia, built, city, complex, consort, dancing, directions, dome, dragon, elephant, emperor, eyed, fish, form, garden, gates, goddess, gods, golden, gopuram, hall, image, india, indian, kulasekaran, lotus, madurai, meenakshi, middle, multicolor, nadu, pandyan, period, pillars, pool, pose, river, sacred, sadayavarman, shakti, sheds, shiva, shrines, sky, small, statues, sunareshwarar, sundaraswara, tamil, temple, temples, thousand, vaigai, women, years