History & Description of Sri Meenakshi TempleSri Karthikeiya Publication, 1977 - 42 pages |
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Adi Street Adi Veedhi Amman Sannadhi artistic Ashta Sakthi Mandapam beautiful Bhima Bikshadanar Brahma Chandramathi Chettiar Chitrai Chitrai Street Chola consort Corridor Daksha Dalavoi Ariyanatha Mudaliar dancing pose deities devotee divine eastern side engraved entrance feet broad feet high feet long figure Gangadevi Gnanasambandar Golden Lily Tank Hall human-animal idol of Lord idol of Sree Indra Jains Kadamba tree Kailas Kambathadi Mandapam Kanchanamala Kilikoondu Mandapam Koil Kulasekara Lingam Lord Siva Lord Sundareswarar Lord Vinayaga Lord's Madurai Mandapam pavilion Mandapam Plate Mandapam was built Meenakshi Naicker Mandapam Moorthiyar Mount Kailas Nakkirar Nandhi Nataraja northern Pandavas Pandyan king poet pose of Lord Pudhumandapam Ravana saint Saivism sanctum sanctorum sculptures Siddhar Sivaganga Sivaganga Devasthanam Somasundarar SOUTH INDIA Southern Tower Sree Meenakshi Temple statue stone elephant Swami temple Swing Mandapam Tamil Thadadhagai Thereupon Thirugnanasambandar Thirumalai Naicker Thiruvatchi Thiruvilayadals Thousand Pillar Mandapam tower was built Vaigai Veeravasantharayar Mandapam Vidhyavathi Vinayagar Vishnu walls western tower worship