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Mandurai - The Meenakshi Temple ...
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The bird's eye view of the temple area
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... how it should have been ...
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... the view from west to southeast ...
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... the view from lotus tank to northwest
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... the east gopura ...
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... the south gopura
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... and how it looked in reality (December 2008) ...
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... no comment ...
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... Airakkal Mandapa ...
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... the hall of 1000 pillars with Shiva Nataraja (the dancing Shiva) in the center ...
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| ... and a huge variety of sculptures ... |
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... along the colonnade around Golden Lotus Tank ...
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... mural paintings of Meenakshi's story (below)
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| ... the entrance to Meenakshi's shrine (above) |
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