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

Tank and southern gopuram

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

  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

1923 Georg Morgenstierne, 1923. 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.