33 thousand sculptures: looks like the most colourful Hindu temple (photos)

Soon it may change dramatically.

Upstairs

Several centuries ago the inhabitants of the Indian city Madurai, in Tamil Nadu, decided to restore the destroyed by the Muslims in 1310 Meenakshi temple, named after goddess Meenakshi, one of the wives of Shiva.

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Restoring an ancient stone-built complex of 12 towers with a height of 50 meters, the builders found that more than 33 thousand sculptures of gray adorning the walls of the temple look very bored and decided to give them a more cheerful look. In the end, the Meenakshi temple has become the most colorful religious building in India.

It is noteworthy that none of the 33 thousand figures of deities and mythical creatures that adorn the walls of the temple, is not repeated.

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Inside the complex are sculptures of Meenakshi, her husband Shiva and their son, the elephant-God Ganesh, and the site is an artificial pond used for the rite of sacred ablution.

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Now around the Meenakshi temple debate. Tourists just love this bright place, but historians believe that it is necessary to return the building to its original appearance. From time to time they carry out the restoration work, trying to clean stone sculptures from the many layers of paint.

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