Sri Meenachi Amman Temple, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

This temple is 100 years old and the first Sri Meenachi Amman Temple in Malaysia. The workers from India who came to work in Malaysia built this temple. It was a hut in the beginning then changed into wood based.Headed by Mr. Aiyavu PJK, the first Kumbabishegam was held. This temple own around 7 hectors of burial place. In 1981, under the management of Mr. V. T. Bani two fire walking festival was conducted.

In 1983, Perunilakilar Mr.N.T.S. Arumugam Pillai laid the stone for the new temple. Between 1983 to 1997 the temple renovation was conducted and was completed in April 1997.After 14 years, SivaSri Thangpaddar, the Chairman of Sri Meenachi Amman Temple in Tamil Nadhu, India, as festival was held.For more info visit the following link. http://www.openhindu.com/temple/sri-meenachi-amman-temple

Sri Meenachi Sundreswarar Temple, Malaysia

The Ayira Vaisyar Sri Meenakshi Sundraeswarar temple is one of the latest addition to Georgetown's list of illustrious and historical religious landmarks, opened to the public in 1998. Located along Jalan Kebun Bunga, the temple was built at an impressive cost of RM2 million and took 3 years to complete.
The temple's architecture is modelled after the 500-year old Meenakshi Amman Temple – one of the biggest temples in India located in Madurai which is dedicated to  Shiva (also known as Sundareshvara) and his consort Parvati (also known as Meenakshi). The temple construction even employed labourers from India to ensure the temple's construction adhered closely to that of the original temple in Madurai.
This impressive temple houses nearly 50 statues of Hindu deities, including two notable ones are the Meenakshi Amman and Navakaragam deities, which are made of green stones. It is also said that one of these statues, that of Lingam, came to form by itself somewhere in the Himalayas.For more information just click the following link. http://www.openhindu.com/temple/sri-meenachi-sundreswarar-temple

Meenakshi Temple, Madurai

Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple or Meenakshi Amman Temple or Tiru-alavai[1][2] (IAST mīnākṣi Amman Kovil, is a historic Hindu temple located in the south side of river Vaigai[3] in the temple city[4] of Madurai, Tamil Nadu,India. It is dedicated to Parvati who is known as Meenakshi and her consort, Shiva named here as Sundareswarar(beautiful deity). The temple forms the heart and lifeline of the 2500 year old city[5] of Madurai. The complex houses 14 gopurams(gateway towers) ranging from 45-50m in height, the tallest being the souther tower, 51.9 metres (170 ft) high,[6] and two golden sculptured vimana(shrine) over sanctum of the main deities. The temple is a significant symbol for the Tamil people, and has been mentioned since antiquity in Tamil literature, though the present structure is built during 1623 to 1655 A.D.[6][7][8] The temple attracts 15,000 visitors a day, around 25,000 during fridays[9] and gets an annual revenue of sixty million INR. There is an estimated 33,000 sculptures in the temple[9] and it was in the list of top 30 nominees of the "New Seven Wonders of the World". The annual 10 day Meenakshi Tirukalyanam festival celebrated during April–May attracts 1 million visitors. For more information just visit the following link. http://www.openhindu.com/temple/meenakshi-temple