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
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
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