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.

A photograph dated 1895 shows the bathing tank and the south tower of the Meenakshi Temple at Madurai.

Photographic evidence · High confidence · 1895 · Sanctum

The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.

William Henry Jackson, gelatin silver print of the bathing tank and south tower, Madurai, 1895, Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source

The file title names the tank and the south tower. It is not a measured survey.

A photograph dated 3 February 2006 shows a gopuram of the Meenakshi Temple at Madurai.

Photographic evidence · High confidence · 3 February 2006 · Sanctum

The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.

Bernard Gagnon, photograph of a Meenakshi Temple gopuram, 3 February 2006, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. · Source

Shows one gopuram. It does not identify which gateway, and it is not a measured survey.

A photograph from 1923 shows the Golden Lily tank and the southern gopuram of the Meenakshi Temple.

Photographic evidence · High confidence · 1923 · Sanctum

The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.

Georg Morgenstierne, photograph of the Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, 1923, Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source

The file description places the Golden Lily tank in front of the southern gopuram. It is not a measured survey.

Bourne and Shepherd photographed a painted corridor in the Meenakshi Temple at Madurai about 1880.

Photographic evidence · High confidence · About 1880 · Sanctum

The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.

Bourne and Shepherd, albumen photograph “Madura — the painted corridor,” about 1880, Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source

The file title names a painted corridor and the studio. It does not identify which mandapa.

Linnaeus Tripe photographed an entrance of the Meenakshi Temple at Madurai between January and March 1858.

Photographic evidence · High confidence · January–March 1858 · Sanctum

The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.

Linnaeus Tripe, “Entrance to the Temple of Minakshi in the Great Pagoda,” photograph, January–March 1858, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access file, Wikimedia Commons, CC0. · Source

The museum file identifies the entrance, the photographer, and the months in 1858. It is not a measured survey.

Linnaeus Tripe photographed the east gopuram of the Meenakshi Temple at Madurai in 1858.

Photographic evidence · High confidence · 1858 · Sanctum

The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.

Linnaeus Tripe, photograph of the east gopuram of the Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, 1858, British Library, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source

The file title names the east gopuram, the photographer, and the year. It is not a measured survey.

Meenakshi Temple is identified at Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Documented fact · Medium confidence · Catalog identification · Sanctum

Name and catalog coordinates come from the cited secondary article. They are not a surveyed benchmark.

Meenakshi Temple, English Wikipedia, retrieved 27 September 2026. · Source

A compiled secondary article used to identify the place. Not an inscription, survey, or archival photograph.

Nicholas & Co. photographed an interior of the Meenakshi Temple at Madurai in the 1890s.

Photographic evidence · High confidence · 1890s · Sanctum

The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.

Nicholas & Co., photograph inside the Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, 1890s, Wikimedia Commons, public domain. · Source

The file title says the view is inside the temple. It does not name the hall.

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