Showing posts with label south india. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 2, 2013

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.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Tirumala Venkateswara Temple

Tirumala Venkateswara Temple is considered as one of the richest temple and one will amazed to know that nearly around fifty thousand to one lakh devotees visits the temple everyday. This Hindu temple is located in the hill of Tirumala, which is near Tirupati in the district of Chittor in Andhra Pradesh. It is almost 600 km away from Hyderabad, 138 km away from Chennai and  291 km away from Bangalore.The Tirumala hill has got seven peaks called Seshadri, Niladri, Garudadri, Anjanadri, Vrushabhadri, Narayadri, Venkatadri. and the temple is stands on the seventh peak called Venkatadri. The temple isalso famously known as "Temple of Seven Hills". the lord which presides in this temple is Lord Venkatesewara. Lord Venkateswara is also known by other names like Balaji, Srinivasa, Govinda. On the southern most holy water tank that is Sri Swami Puskarini the emple stands.Around the temple complex, one will get to see many modern lodges for the pilgrims.One will be mesmerized to see the deity, the divines attracts people all over the world, it is believed that this dietyshall remain entire of this Kali Yuga.
Lord venkateswara
One will be amazed to know that food , beverages are severed here in exchange of no penny.If anyone is suddenly falls sick will be given medical help, as there are arrangements of medical aid. One can buy calendars, photos of Lord Venkateswara, as it is sold there. More importantly for safety closed circuit televisions are there. The charge of temple varies, so is the timing for the entrance in the temple.
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