anilpradhanshillong Says: About 5 kms from the Meenakshi Amman Temple, lies the Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam, a 16-acre water tank, 1,000 ft. length by 950 feet breath. Located in Vandiyur region, the tank has a Vinayaka (Ganesha) temple dedicated to Lord Vigneshwara, the Elephant-faced God at the...
anilpradhanshillong Says: About 8 kms from Madurai situated at an elevation of over 1000 feet is the 6th. Century rock-cut Thiruparankundram Temple, one of the six abodes of Lord Muruga (Subramanya), the Tamil Hindu god of war and patron of Tamil Nadu. Hindu mythology has it that the Lord rested here...
Street Lights in Madurai in the 1850's
anilpradhanshillong Says: Vilakku Thoon (lamp post) is in the middle of the Meenakshi Amman temple and the Tirumalai Nayak Palace. It was erected by J. Blackburne, erstwhile Collector of Madurai who left for England in 1847 after a successful career. This lamp post illuminated the streets of Madurai...
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