Indran went to many places to get rid of the murdered sin.
When it comes to this, the devotion of Lord Shiva is a beautiful Swayambulangam in the temple where the devotee has sinned.
When the milk was gone, the serpent spits out the snake and sprinkled the Amrita, which was named Madurai. The 2500-year-old residence. The second-largest city of Tamil Nadu. Madurai is the temple city, the festival city and non-sleeping town.
The temple is worshipped by Rama, Lakshmana, Varuna, Indra, Devas and Saints. This is the prominence of the delicacies of the Thalapoo vermilion festival city and non-sleeping town.
Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswara Temple is a temple located in the middle of the temple town of Madurai on the banks of the Vaigai River. Sundareswarar and Ampika Meenakshi Amman are the founders of this shrine. This temple is also known as Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple.
This temple is the original temple of 366 Meenakshi Sundareswarar temples in Tamil Nadu. The first Pooja Ambikai is performed in Meenakshi.
The city of Madurai is 2500 years old and is important in the history of Tamil literature and Hinduism. Madurai city is known as Tiruvalavai, Shivaraja Thani, Bhuloka Kailayam, Kadamba forest, Nanmadakal Koodal, Shiva city, Dudhisanthanadu Thalam, Samuthi Vaidyapuram and Kanniyapuram.
I would like to take up the four clouds from Lord Shiva in order to prevent the seven clouds to destroy Madurai. Some people say that Madurai is also known as Nanmadakkudal because it is a four-storey meeting of Madurai.
Kulasekara Pandian's dream of appearing in the Pandyan kingdom to destroy the forest of the creepy and the beautiful city was destroyed by destroying the goddess Madurai and creating a beautiful city called Madura
Shrines
Sundareswarar is the original author of the temple. He is a swayamurthy. He is also known as Somasundarar, Chokkalinga Natar, Chokkassar, Alavai annal and Sokanathar. Indra prayed to him and solved his sin. So the temple of the Swayambu Linga was raised. The origin plane is called the Indra flight.
Mother shrine
The mother of the goddess is Meenakshi Amman. His idol is made of emerald stone. The sanctum sanctorum of Ampalan Meenakshi is a rare exception to the 32 lions, 64 Shivanas and 8 Kalyanas. This sanctuary was built by Devendran. Meenakshi was named as a fish who had eyes like a fish. The Lord blesses the devotees with his eyes as he makes his eggs in the sight of fish.
Meenakshi Amman is also featured in the temple. There is a belief that the parrot is
trying to recall the demands of the devotees. When Indiran searched for the curse,
the parrot helped the devotees.
She has a number of names such as Greenadevi, Maragathavalli, Pattanadai, Abyssavalli,
Abiramavalli, Kathakankumari, Kapathuravalli, Kumarankiru Yaval, Komas, Sundaravalli,
Pandip Pratty, Madurapuri chairperson, Manikka Valli. Meenakshi Angaiyagarini, as in
Tamil.
Since she is the governor of Madurai, the devotees are not permitted to see his
performances. Devotees can see only after the decoration of Meenakshi. The first
flower of the temple is done by Meenakshi. After that, Lord Shiva will be made
to Lord Shiva.
Meenakshi Raman has always been a recipient and always wanted to do her husband.
So before her husband is getting up, Amma is ready to complete Abhishekam. This is
the first flower in the morning to the Meenakshi.
The structure of the temple
Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple is located in the area of 15 acres. The temple has eight towers and two planes. The sanctuary here is called the Indra
flight. 32 lions, 64 tanks, and 8 white elephants carry this sanctuary. At this point, it is
847 feet east of the west and 792 in the south. The four towers of the temple area on
the four sides and the four towers are very high
These include the eastern tower of AD From 1216 to 1238, west tower AD In 1323, the
southern tower AD In 1559, the northern tower AD History says that in 1878 the family
of the Vayaganagam family of Devakotanam was completed without completing the
construction from 1564 to 1572. The southern tower is the tallest of these.
The height is 160 feet.
Meenakshi Amman Tower Built-in 1570, the King of Sivagangai was reconstructed in 1963.
Swami Tower AD Tirunelakumarar was built in the year 1570 and has been renovated by
the temples. Pottamirikkulam (golden lotus pond) is set up in an acre area within the
temple.
Art galleries
Meenakshi Nayakar Hall
The First Hall
Swing Hall
Stump hall
parrot compound hall Mangaiyerkarshi hall
Thirukalayana Kalyana hall
Ashta Sakthi hall
Meenakshi Amman Shrine is the front of the eight power (Ashta Sakthi) hall. In the entrance of Vinayaka and Murukan, the Meenakshi marriage is shown in the form of the story. Eight of the pillars on the inside of the hall, the forms of Shakthi structure are beautiful.Stump hall
The Meenakshi Nayakar next to the Mandapam goes inside the temple of the goddess Meenakshi. In the sanctum sanctorum is a two-stroke and a brilliant hand parrot holding a bride. In the sanctum sanctorum, Lord Sundareswarar gives the blessing of Lord Shiva.
Mookurini (3x6=18) Vinayagar:
One time Thirumalai Nayak suffered chronic stomach pain. You have been painted for the Meenakshi temple. So who got the gigantic child during the tapping tank? He was dedicated to Lord Shiva in the form of "Mukkuruni Vinayaka" in the direction of the shrine.1000 pillar hall
Thousands of pillars of the hall are beautifully carved and are designed to withstand 73 × 76 meters long and wide roof. In the hall there are 22 pillars of melody sound pati shrine is located at the top of the 15 pillars.
The museum has been converted into a museum and has exhibited a wide variety of sculptures, paintings, the art of baratham, seals and musical pillars. The Thousand pillar hall has been converted into a museum of the temple and the fee is charged separately for the entrance fee and photography.
New hall
There is a New hall with 124 sculptures opposite the eastern tower of the temple. (This new hall is built across small businesses.)The Meenakshi Temple has a total of 7 music pillars, with 5 musical pillars at the foot of the Meenakshi Amman Temple on the North Audi Street and two musical pillars in a thousand-foot hall.Tamil monthly names for the streets
If the Madurai Meenakshi temple is kept as a Lotus, the streets around it can be said to be Lotus Magazines. The road to the streets of Meenakshi Amman is known as the Audi Street. The roadside outside the temple, Roads to the roads of Chithira Street, If you get out of it, the streets of Masi. Madurai Nagar has been constructed as external Street.
There is a reason for the Tamil months to be named for these streets. The festivities that take place during the months of the monarchy will take place on the streets of those months.
Special Feasts
Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple is celebrated in Chithiravu festival, Coronation ceremony, Digvijayam, Thirukkalyanam, Tharatham, Putturuthirai festival. There are special festivals in each of the Tamil months in this temple.
Chithirai
At various places in Tamil Nadu, Chitra pournami is celebrated only in Madurai, Chitra pournami Festival is considered to be the best. Indra who took the temple every year ordered me to come and worship here on Chitra Poornima day. According to Thiruvilayatam Puranam, every year, Indra comes to worship at Chitra Poornima. That is why Chitra Poornima is considered the best in Madurai.
Spring is coming from the start of the moon in the month of Spring.
Every evening from 6 pm to nine o'clock in a hundred-foot hall, the swing festival is performed by Sundarasvarodu Meenakshi in the swinges of the temple, Oodis, Manikavasagar's golden swing songs.
In the morning of the month of Dhanur, Markali is fast opening in the morning and ends at 9 o'clock at night. Every day in the temple of Nataraja in the Natarajar front of the temple before the manavasakarai singers will sing the songs of Thirumemba.
The regional fest is celebrated in the region along with these two idols (Masi, panguni). This festive occasion is forty-eight days.
Specials
In the sanctum sanctorum, Lord Sundareswarar gives the blessing of Lord Shiva. It is a self-luminous lingam that is found in the wooden Kadampa. In the Kulasekara Pandiyan, it is mentioned in the Thirunavukkarasur in his Thiruthandaga Thevara.
The Meenakshi Amman statue here is made of emerald stone. So Meenakshi Amman has another name as Maragathavalli. He is also known as Angayarkkannai, Gomalavalli, Pandiarajakumari, Manikavalli, Sundarwalli.
Historians indicate that 64 episodes of Essan were held in Madurai. There are 64 Thiruvilvadal sculptures in the Swamy shrine courts.