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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

Stored photograph. The earliest frame in this record is 1858.

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

Painted corridor

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

  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

About 1880 Bourne and Shepherd, about 1880. Public domain, 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.