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Thursday 13 September 2012

Madurai Meenakshi Temple


Madurai Meenakshi Temple or Meenakshi Amman Temple is one of the most important and historic temple in India which is well known for its amazing and unique architecture. This ancient temple in Madurai has become one of the major center of attraction and devotee and common people visit this religious temple to view its great architecture. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Parvati and is almost 2500 years old, which add more to its historic importance.
People traveling to Madurai never miss out an opportunity to visit this temple and they consider it as a must to visit travel attraction in their travel itinerary. The Madurai Meenakshi temple is home to around 33,000 sculptures and was also one of the nominees for the “New Seven Wonders of the World”. The festivals and fairs associated with this temple are worth attending and people arriving the temple reaches its peak during festive seasons.
Here is a video that has been fetched from YouTube which helps you to know more about Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, its architecture, its inner premises etc. Hope you enjoy watching this video.

Meenakshi Tirukalyanam festival which is celebrated annually during April–May is one of the major festivals of Meenakshi temple and attracts about one million people. As per reliable sources, the Madurai Meenakshi temple attracts around 15,000 visitors per day and during Fridays the number of visitors jumps up to 25,000. So if you are planning to visit this amazing temple in Tamil Nadu with your family, then it is recommended to avoid it during the Fridays, as there will be a huge rush of visitors.

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