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Sri Meenakshi Temple

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A historical Hindu temple, Sri Meenakshi Temple, is situated on the financial institution of Vaigai River. The great temple is dedicated to Parvati, who is also known as Meenakshi, and her consort, Shiva, who is known as Sundereswarar here. It is assumed that the temple become in the beginning built by way of the survivors of Kumari Kandam, that's a legendary misplaced continent, inside the 6th century BC. Early in the 14th century, the temple become looted by using the Mughal Muslim Commander Malik Kafur.
Only the shrines of Meenakshi and Sundaresvara remained intact after the temple became pulled down by the commander. In the sixteenth century, Vishwanatha Nayakan rebuilt the temple. Sri Meenakshi is Hindu temple built inside the early seventeenth century for Shiva and his wife, Parvathi. In a typical fashion for this vicinity, the temple's precincts are defined through a square outer wall pierced by means of 12 gopuras, with one predominant gopura going through each of the 4 instructions.
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