Devi and Shiva · Shakta
Meenakshi Amman
Madurai, Tamil NaduFeatured
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A vast temple city in Madurai dedicated to the goddess Meenakshi and her consort Sundareswarar, a form of Shiva. Famed for its towering gopurams covered in thousands of vivid sculptures and its hall of a thousand pillars, the present structure dates largely to the 16th and 17th centuries under the Nayak rulers. It remains one of the great living centres of Tamil worship.
- Deity
- Devi and Shiva
- Tradition
- Shakta
- Location
- Madurai, Tamil Nadu
- Region
- South India
- Pilgrimage circuit
- Pancha Sabhai adjacent
- Established
- 6th century
