Meenakshi Temple

26 Oct 2024 13:53:19 pm

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Topic: Temples

Why in the news?

Changes suggested to make Meenakshi temple disabled-friendly.
Tamil Nadu Differently Abled Welfare Board members visited the Meenakshi temple along with several disability rights activists for inspecting the prevailing facilities to make them more PwD-friendly, following complaints of lack of infrastructure for persons with disabilities (PwDs) in the temple.

Source: The Hindu

About Meenakshi Temple:

It is also known as Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple or Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman Thirukkovil.
It is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in the temple city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
It is dedicated to the goddess Meenakshi Amman, a form of Parvati, and her consort, Sundareswarar, a form of Shiva.
It is at the center of the ancient temple city of Madurai mentioned in the Tamil Sangam literature, with the goddess temple mentioned in 6th-century CE texts.
It is one of the Paadal Petra Sthalams, which are 275 temples of Shiva that are revered in the verses of Tamil Saiva Nayanars of the 6th-9th century CE.
The west tower (gopuram) of the temple is the model based on which the Tamil Nadu State Emblem is designed.
It was built by Pandyan Emperor Sadayavarman Kulasekaran I (1190 CE–1205 CE)

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