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Meenakshi Amman Temple is life line of Madurai city , It's also called Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple. Sundareswarar mean "Beautiful deity".It is dedicated to meenakshi, a form of parvati,and her consort sundaresh war, as a form of shiva. According  to one theory the "meenakshi" is  sanskrit word which means "Fish-Eyes". Word Meena(fish) and Akshi (eyes), and in tamil language meena (Fish) and aatchi (Rule). Meenakshi temple is dedicated to first woman warrior and whom travel long distance to find her soul mate .  when was the last time you heard of a queen who travelled from Madurai in the south to Kailasa in the North to find herself a groom. That princess was called Tadaatagai, more popularly known as Meenakshi, she whose eyes are as shapely as the contours of a fish. MYTHOLOGY: According to a legend, Meenakshi emerged out of a ‘Yajna’ (sacred fire) as a three-year-old girl. The ‘Yajna’ was performed by a king named Malayadwa...

Madurai is an Energetic and Ancient city of Tamil Nadu (south of india).Its skyline is dominated by the 14 colorfull gopurams (gateway towers) of Meenakshi Amma Temple.When i reached madurai Railway station time was almost 4:00 morning and whether was so calm and beautiful, I felt very positive energy. I read about madurai that this city never sleep and when i see street really i was saw city was really woke up and city is so beautiful. Near railway station have taxi stand, Then i took Taxi to my hotel, that taxi driver is good man and he helped me, He told me some interesting fact about madurai. But few taxi driver try to cheat you,careful from cheater they ask you for extra money, you need to bargain with them. I reached my hotel in 30 minutes and in  these 30 minutes i tried felt mudurai, I understood in these 30 minutes that this is very pure soul people of this city is very friendly and helpful, i felt old culture of india. This place is my 2nd  favourite place af...

Suchindram, a mystical and tranquil land, is a famous pilgrim town part of kanyakumari. The place is very popular pilgrim destination primarily  because of the presence of thanumalayan temple. During  ancient time, town acted as a citadel for the town of travancove. Very interesting story behind the name of this place suchindram and the temple thanumalayan have also few interesting stories. The name suchindram is combination of two words suchi and indram, The term "suchi" in suchindram is derived from the sanskrit meaning that stands for "purify" and the term indram is use for god indra.  Once Indra was infatuated with Ahalya, the wife of Rishi Gautama. One night he came to the hermitage where Gautama was living and crowed like a cock indicating the approach of dawn. Rishi Gautama thinking that dawn was imminent awoke from his sleep and went to the river for his ablutions prior to commencing his prayers. Realising that it was too dark for dawn and too ea...

This blog about kanyakumari. The place of devi kanyakumari, the name kanyakumari is combination of two words kanya and kumari, kanya means girl and kumari means virgin. kanyakumari mean a virgin teenaged girl. this place is witness of purity of love and dedication of devi kanyakumari for lord shiva and witness of woman power. According to a legend,the asuras got supremacy over the devas, leading to adharma, ignorance and injustice. banasura the king of demons, was playing havoc,driving away devas from heaven and meting out cruel punishments to saint and rishis. unable to stand the agony,mother earth  sought the help of lord vishnu, the protector of the universe. the lord advised that the devas should propitiate parashakti, who alone capable of destroying banasura. according, the devas performed yagna to propitiate the goddess, who appeared before them and promised to annihilate the evil forces headed by banasura. she came to kanyakumari in the form of virgin girl and began he...