Golden Lily tank, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
A city for Jigarthanda, Madurai |
Pazhamudhircholai Temple, Madurai, India |
Dwarapalayas guarding the entrance, Pazhamudhircholai Temple, Madurai, India |
Muruga and Avvaiyar, Pazhamudhircholai Temple, Madurai, India |
Pazhamudhircholai tower facade, Madurai, India |
Ghee lamps, Pazhamudhircholai Temple, Madurai, India |
Pilgrims, Pazhamudhircholai Temple, Madurai, India |
Azhagarcoil architecture, Madurai, India |
An elephant at the entrance to the Azhagarcoil temple, Madurai, India |
Entrance to Azhagarcoil, Madurai, India |
Azhagarcoil, Madurai, India |
East Entrance - marriage of Meenakshi and Sundareshwarar, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Lord Muruga, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
A closeup of Veerabhadra, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Guests to the wedding of Meenakshi and Sundareshwarar, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Symmetric scultpures, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Paintings and scultpures mingle, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Brass carvings, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
South Gopuram with the Golden Lily Tank, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Prayers inside, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Lord Muruga, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Ceilings are all painted, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
The Golden Lily, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Gopuram sculptures, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Statue of Kulasekara Pandyan, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Vegetable dye colors still jump out at you, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Story telling through paintings, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Sri Meenakshi, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Mukkuruni Vinayakar, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Nandi, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
The wedding of Meenakshi and Sundareshwarar, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Half man, half woman, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Golden flagstaff, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Corner stone carvings, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Narasimha Avatar, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Signs of Securalism, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Laddus, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Hunter with his wife - musical pillar, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Wooden door, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Gopuram, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Durga Devi, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Doors and windows painting, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Paintings inside the 1000 pillar mandapam, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
The Zodiac symbols, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Musical pillars - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Da Ni Sa, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Rathi, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Masks inside the Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Gopuram view from within Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
North gopuram, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Details of the gopuram, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Brahma, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Repairing the water pump, Madurai |
A city of striking colors, Madurai |
Carvings and paintings are everywhere, Madurai |
Colorful door, Madurai |
A shy but very helpful girl, Madurai |
An afternoon siesta, Madurai |
A wiry balancing act in the city, Madurai |
Two chicken to be vegetarian?, Madurai |
Parotas, Madurai |
Madurai within the city |
An afternoon coffee break, Madurai |
Water Pump , Madurai |
Madurai Malli seller |
Vegetable vendor with his scale, Madurai |
Lady seller waiting for her customers, Madurai |
MGR on a rickshaw, Madurai |
A city of temples in every corner, Madurai |
Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Unrestored ceiling, Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Partially restored ceiling, Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Colors adorn the Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Grand Columns of the Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Intricately carved door, Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Restored ceiling, Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Many rooms of the Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Beautiful patterns, Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Evening light filters in, Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Exquisite carvings, Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Unrestored carving, Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Restored carving, Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Shy angel, Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Columns, Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
The tower within the Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai |
Mariamaman Teppakulam Tank, Madurai |
Thirupanakundram, Madurai |
Marriage of Muruga and Devayanai, Thirupanakundram, Madurai |
Om, Thirupanakundram, Madurai |
It is Vel lit up at night, Thirupanakundram, Madurai |
Typical Temple steps at the tank, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Paintings around the tank, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Painting on the ceiling, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
The only off-center painting, Meenakshi temple, Madurai, India |
Meenakshi temple at dawn, Madurai, India |
Madurai countryside |