After a long time , I am posting some interesting place of South India which is very famous city in Tamilnadu in my world general blog.
Madurai- Very famous for Meenakshi Amman Temple. It is also called as Temple City. It is built around the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple.
I would like to share with you about the history and some special features of Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple. Though many of you have heard and visited more about madurai and the famous Meenakshi Amman Temple, i am sharing with you the short history and some interesting specialities of this temple.Moreover, Meenakshi Amman Temple has been nominated for the new seven wonders of the world.
How to reach Madurai?
Airport :
Yes. There are flights to Madurai from chennai, Bangalore,Tiruchi and Coimbatore. The Madurai Airport is about 10Kms from the main city.
Railways:
It takes some 495Kms approximately 7 hrs to reach Maduarai by train.The very popular Vaigai Express which is a super fast train starting from Chennai Egmore to Madurai will take you to the Madurai Station.
Roadways:
There are so many buses available from all other Cities of South India and roads are very excellent.
Hope this would be the useful information to reach Madurai to visit the temple.
History of Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple:
Shri Meenakshi Amman Temple was built in the mid of 13th and 19th Century. The Temple was built in Woods Previously and later constructed by stones and bricks. The King Kulashekarapandiyan had built many mandapams and other attractions are awsome. Then the Nayaks ruled madurai from the 16th to 18th centuries, they have so many additional contributions to the structure of this temple. Especially the wall paintings of Meenakshi Temple will explain you the story of the godess Meenakshi Amman who also known as Princess of Madurai.
The History says that Meenakshi who is a princess had born with three breasts with fish-shaped eyes and fishy smell.After getting advice from the Holyman, she was told that after met her future husband, her extra breast would be disappear and the other fishlike qualities will be changed into the beauty. It was happened exactly when she met lord Shiva with whom she get married 8 days later in Madurai, the husband taking on the form of Lord Sundareshwara. And there are somany Mandapams like Mudali Mandapam , Mani Mandapam,oonjal Mandapam, kilkoondu Mandapam, thattu chuttur Mandapam ayirankal Manadapam and some Musical Pillars where you can hear some musical notes when struck it.Amman is very popular for hearing the problems and hindrances of devotee, People from all over the world come here to wash away their sins and get the blessings of Meenakshi Amman.
You can visit there in this timings from morning 5.a.m to 12.30 p.m.and from 4.00 p.m to 9.30 p.m .
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