Meenakshi Amman temple was one of the great monument of engineering and art of sculpture, Approximately 35,000 sculptures(excluded the main lord idols) in the temple.
There are 12 temple towers in the temple including 4 main towers (Raja Gopuram), The south tower was the tallest(160 feet) among all other towers. There are 1511 sculptures in south tower alone, in west tower 1124 sculptures, in east tower 1011 sculptures, but in north tower it is only 404. On the whole there are 6224 sculptures in 12 towers, no other temple in the world is even comparable with the above numbers.
There are 12 temple towers in the temple including 4 main towers (Raja Gopuram), The south tower was the tallest(160 feet) among all other towers. There are 1511 sculptures in south tower alone, in west tower 1124 sculptures, in east tower 1011 sculptures, but in north tower it is only 404. On the whole there are 6224 sculptures in 12 towers, no other temple in the world is even comparable with the above numbers.
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