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East gopuram

Historic photograph · exterior · 1858 · High confidence

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

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

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

Source: East gopuram, Meenakshi Temple, 1858 · Open source

Historic photograph · exterior · January–March 1858 · High confidence

Albumen photograph from 1858 by Linnaeus Tripe showing the entrance to the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai.

A second Tripe photograph from the same 1858 campaign, showing the entrance to the Meenakshi shrine.

Linnaeus Tripe, 1858. Open-access file from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Source: Entrance to the Meenakshi Temple, 1858 · Open source

Interior photograph · interior · About 1880 · High confidence

Albumen photograph from about 1880 showing a painted pillared corridor in the Meenakshi Temple at Madurai.

An albumen photograph by Bourne and Shepherd, about 1880, of a painted corridor inside the temple.

Bourne and Shepherd, about 1880. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Source: Painted corridor, Meenakshi Temple, about 1880 · Open source

Interior photograph · interior · 1890s · High confidence

Photograph from the 1890s by Nicholas and Co. showing carved pillars inside the Meenakshi Temple at Madurai.

Nicholas & Co. of Madras photographed an interior of the temple in the 1890s.

Nicholas & Co., 1890s. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Source: Interior, Meenakshi Temple, 1890s · Open source

Historic photograph · exterior · 1895 · High confidence

Gelatin silver photograph from 1895 showing the temple tank and the south tower of the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai.

William Henry Jackson’s 1895 print shows the bathing tank, a golden shrine, and the south tower in one frame.

William Henry Jackson, 1895. Public domain, Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons.

Source: Golden Lily tank and south tower, 1895 · Open source

Historic photograph · exterior · 1923 · High confidence

Photograph from 1923 showing the Golden Lily tank with the southern gopuram of the Meenakshi Temple behind it.

Georg Morgenstierne photographed the Golden Lily tank with the southern gopuram behind it in 1923.

Georg Morgenstierne, 1923. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Source: Golden Lily tank and southern gopuram, 1923 · Open source

Photograph · exterior · 3 February 2006 · High confidence

Color photograph of a tall, sculpted gopuram at the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai.

One of the temple towers at Madurai.

Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Source: Meenakshi Temple gopuram, 2006 · Open source

encyclopedia · Retrieved 27 September 2026 · paraphrase

The article identifies the temple in Madurai and names Meenakshi and Sundareswarar. The photographs stored here are a separate source.