Bhubaneswar: Devotees faced immense hardships for the darshan of Lord Jagannath with a huge crowd thronging the temple in Puri on Monday, which was a .
Meenakshi Amman Temple, also called Meenakshi Templeor Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, temple complex in Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India, said to originally date as far back as the 4th century CE but in its present form built in the 16th–17th centuries. According to Hindu legend, the god Shiva came to Madurai in the form of Sundareswarar to marry Meenakshi, the daughter of the Pandya ruler; Meenakshi was a manifestation of the goddess Parvati. The Meenakshi Amman Temple is dedicated to their union. The massive temple is enclosed by high walls entered through soaring gopuras, or gateway towers. Inside are colonnades, columned