Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great place. thanks for showing. Michiel Fokkema Ric Carter wrote: > WOW, that's beautiful!! > > thanks for taking us there > > ric > > > On May 3, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> I was in the temple town of Madurai a few days ago, if you can call a >> place with 2 million inhabitants a mere town, with a few hours free >> so I went to the monumental Meenakshi Sundareshwar temple there where >> the god Siva (Sundareswar) and the goddess Meenakshi (Parvathi) are >> said to have wed, and around which the whole city has evolved. It is >> at the pinnacle of South Indian temple architecture, and is supposed >> to be 2500-3000 years old, though most of the temple buildings >> existent today date from the 11th to the 18th century. The whole >> temple complex is huge, around 45 acres, with the main temple itself >> measuring 254 by 237 metres, and has 12 huge goparams (temple towers). >> It had just been freshly painted and was nice and colourful! It was a >> very auspicious day and it was quite crowded, so I kept a little away >> from the holiest spots. Anyway, a few pictures: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Madurai/ >> >> Comments & criticism, as always, welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.323 / Virus Database: 270.12.15/2093 - Release Date: 05/02/09 > 14:23:00 >