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Meenakshi Temple

Madurai, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu Shaiva and Shakta tradition

Served from the stored corpus. Last scan Sep 28, 2026. Next scan Oct 28, 2026.

Photograph

Earliest republishable photograph in this record.

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Albumen photograph from 1858 by Linnaeus Tripe showing the east gopuram of the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai.

East gopuram

Linnaeus Tripe photographed the east gopuram in 1858. This is the earliest photograph of the Madurai temple stored here.

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  1. 1858 East gopuram
  2. January–March 1858 Temple entrance
  3. About 1880 Painted corridor
  4. 1890s Interior pillars
  5. 1895 Tank and south tower
  6. 1923 Tank and southern gopuram
  7. 3 February 2006 Gopuram

1858 Linnaeus Tripe, 1858. Public domain, British Library, via Wikimedia Commons. Source and license

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Sanctum Unknown or insufficient evidence · Medium confidence No measured plan is stored. The sanctum is named from the secondary account, not from a drawing.