Madurai photography

Far view of Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple

These are 4 different Madurai Meenakshi Temple vintage postcards in my collection. First postcard printed by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India and in the remaining 3 postcards there will be no name of printer etc. in the backside of these postcards and they are blank in the back side.

This enormous temple complex in Madurai is dedicated to Lord Shiva, known here as Sundareshvara, and his consort Parvati or Meenakshi. The original temple was

madurai mariamman theppakulam

Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India

Thirumalai naicker palace

From Tiruchirappalli, we drove about two and half hours southwest to Madurai. Madurai is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu state in South India. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, at least since 3rd century BC. We stayed at the Gateway Hotel Pasumalai run by Taj Hotels up on…