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