Meenakshi Temple

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of the temple towers at Madurai.

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

This line records the published identification only. It does not add a construction date or a height.