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Post No.7693
Date uploaded in London – 14 March 2020
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SUN LIGHT WONDER IN MADURAI TEMPLE-
IN MADURAI THERE IS A SHIVA TEMPLE IN TEPPAKULAM AREA CALLED MUKTHEESWAR TEMPLE. IT IS ONE OF THE SMALL TEMPLES UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BIG AND MOST FAMOUS MADURAI MEENAKSHI SUNDARESWARAR TEMPLE.
SUN LIGHT ENTERS THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM OF THE MUKTHEESWAR TEMPE TWICE EVERY YEAR IN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER. ON WEDNESDAY 11TH MARCH OF THIS YEAR 2020, IT HAPPENED AND SPECIAL PUJAS ARE BEING PERFORMED FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS . LOT OF DEVOTEES GATHERED TO APPRECIATE THE ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL SKILL OF THE SCULPTORS. THE TEMPLE IS CONSTRUCTED IN SUCH A WAY TO ALLOW THE SUN LIGHT TO COME IN TO THE GARBA GRIHA IN SPRING AND AUTUMN SEASON FOR SOME DAYS. SEVERAL TEMPLES IN SOUTH INDIA HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THIS WAY.
THE SUN LIGHT THAT ENTERED ON 11TH WILL CONTINUE TO ENTER EVERY MORNING UNTIL 23rd MARCH.
SOURCE – NEWS PAPER REPORT POSTED ON FACE BOOK BY DEVAPRIYAJI
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