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meenakshi amman temple or meenakshi sundaraswrar temple is a famous hindu temple situated in the temple city of madurai, tamilnadu state, india. the temple is dedicated to lord siva and goddess paravathi. it has about 2500 years old.the main attraction of this temple is 14 huge gopurams, tow of them are golden gopurams.these are well sculptured and painted beautifully.

history of madurai meenakshi temple

according to hindu belief the lord siva married meenakshi(variation of parvathi).parvathi had born earlier in the earth as a daughter of malayadwaraja pandya, ruler of maduri.the marriage between sivasundar(lord siva) and meenakshi was a huge event in madurai.

madurai meenakshi temple festivals

the major festival here is meenakshi thirukalayanam. it is celebrated during april .ther thiruvizhah and thoppa thiruvizhah are also celebrated .other hindu festivals like sivarathri, navarathri, aadi, thai etc are also celebrated.

coimbatore is a metropolitan city, and it has so many up market malls. the  textiles are available in raja street and sukravar pettai. the textiles includes khadi(hand woven cloth) . coimbatore is being an industrial city, the automobile parts are available in cheapest rate. the main shopping centres are described below.
big bazar at oppanakkara
raja street at ranga gownder street
sukravar pettai ( handloom saries are available)
tansi sales centre