Meenakshi Amman Temple

On the southern bank of river Vaigai, a very famous Hindu temple  Meenakshi Amman Temple is located in the the very famous temple city called Madurai in Tamil Nadu. It is mainly dedicated to Parvati who is called Meenakshi and her husband Shiva who is called Sundereswarar. One can easily say that that lifeline of this almost 2500 oltemple city Madurai is the Meenakshi Amman Temple.One will be absolutely mesmerized by 14 gateway tower which is called gopuram which is almost 45-50m tall. It is mention in Tamil literature about this temple that how much it is significant to Tamil people, though the present structure is built in between 1623 to 1655. One will be amazed to know that usually this temple receives almost 15,000 visitors in a day and during friday usually 25,000 visitors visits this temple. In a year this temple receives almost a revenue of sixty million. most interestingly Meenakshi Amman Temple was nominated and was in the top 30 for the nominees" New Seven Wonders Of The World"another notable feature of this temple is this temple has got about 33,000 sculptures. 

Meenakshi Amman Temple

During themonth of April to May, almost a million of visitors come here during Meenakshi Tirukalayanam festival.

One will be amazed to here that in this temple in 12 months different festivals are celebrated. It has different visiting timings for the devotees, you will be able to know once you visit that place.