India

Madurai with beautiful
Sri Meenakshi temple
(Minakshi Sundareshvara temple)
(17th - 18th century)

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View at the gopuras of the temple at sunset


 





Detail of the facade above the entrance
Ashta Shakti Mandapa (Portal of the Eight Goddesses)






Beautiful ceilings in several parts of the temple complex









Candles integrated in a pillar






Golden Lotus Tank in court-yard
(Portramarai Kulam)






Detailed mini-paintings on the wall






and in the ceilings.













Sunbeam in enormous gallery





Sculptured pillars






A lot of sunbeams





Visit of the temple was impressive too by the pilgrims








Powerful sunbeams













Once again detail of one of the facades






Roof of the Golden Temple






Dizzying figures





Golden Lotus Tank






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Dec/Jan 2006