Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jayanand, I m So happy you didn't shoot BW ;-) A most wonderful place indeed of which your photos seem to give a fair idea. My favourite is : http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Madurai/_JGR4749.jpg.html It is a wonderful integration of building, ornamentation, and people as they live the place. I can nearly hear their buzz from here. And it is always so nice to discover people, places, and animals with you. Thank you Jayanand Amiti?s Philippe Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >I was in the temple town of Madurai a few days ago, if you can call a >place with 2 million inhabitants a mere town, with a few hours free >so I went to the monumental Meenakshi Sundareshwar temple there where >the god Siva (Sundareswar) and the goddess Meenakshi (Parvathi) are >said to have wed, and around which the whole city has evolved. It is >at the pinnacle of South Indian temple architecture, and is supposed >to be 2500-3000 years old, though most of the temple buildings >existent today date from the 11th to the 18th century. The whole >temple complex is huge, around 45 acres, with the main temple itself >measuring 254 by 237 metres, and has 12 huge goparams (temple towers). >It had just been freshly painted and was nice and colourful! It was a >very auspicious day and it was quite crowded, so I kept a little away >from the holiest spots. Anyway, a few pictures: > >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Madurai/ > >Comments & criticism, as always, welcome. > >Cheers >Jayanand > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >