Meenakshi Amman Temple Sundareswarar or is a historic Hindu temple located in the holy city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to the god Shiva – as Sundareswarar or Beautiful Lord and his consort Parvati in the form of Meenakshi. The temple is the heart, the root of the year 2500 the old city of Madurai. The building complex houses 14 magnificent gopurams or towers, including two gold gopurams master gods, the luxuriously carved and painted. Temple is a great symbol for the Tamil people and has been mentioned since antiquity in Tamil literature, although the present construction is believed to accept been built in the 1600th’s highest temple pillar is 51.9 meters (170 feet ) tall.

According to Hindu legend, Shiva came down to earth in the form of Sundareswarar marry Meenakshi, an incarnation of Parvati. Parvati had descended on earth as a small child in response to the great penance Malayadwaja Pandya, the ruler of Madurai. After growing to adulthood, she began to dominate the city. The Lord appeared on earth and offered to him. The wedding was to be the biggest case on earth, picking up land come near Madurai. Vishnu, Meenakshi’s brother, was to preside over the marriage of his holy remains Vaikuntam.

The most important festival in the temple are Meenakshi Thirukalyanam (The divine marriage Meenkashi), celebrated annually in April.

The towers of the temple were covered with scaffolding for painting and March 2009. The work was realised in former April 2009 aside craftsmen who abstained many temple of a number of shortcomings that should be eligible for the job. So most of the work of archaeological recovery of the paintings, walls, texts, statues inside the temple were carried out on a war footing. The temple adorns a very fresh look now.

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