Meenakshi information

Meenakshi
Meenakshi
Patron and Guardian Goddess of Madurai
	Goddess Meenakshi
Other names	Aṅgayaṟkaṇṇi, Taḍādakai, Mīnāṭci, Mantriṇi, Mangayakarasi, Maduraidevi
Affiliation	Parvati, Devi
Abode	Madurai
Animals	Rose-ringed parakeet
Personal information
Parents	Malayathuvasa Pandya (father); Kanchanamalai (mother);
Siblings	Aḻagar (Vishnu)
Consort	Sundareśvarar (Shiva)
Dynasty	Pandya dynasty

Meenakshi (Sanskrit: मीनाक्षि, romanized: Mīnākṣi, Tamil: மீனாக்ஷி, romanized: Mīṉākṣi; also spelled as Minakshi; also known as Aṅgayaṟkaṇṇi,^[2]^[3] Mīnāṭci and Taḍādakai)^[4] is a Hindu goddess. She is the tutelary deity of Madurai and is considered a form of the goddess Parvati.^[5] She is the divine consort of Sundareśvarar, a form of Shiva.^[6] She finds mention in literature as the queen of the ancient Madurai-based Pandya kingdom, and is later deified.^[7] The goddess is also extolled by Adi Shankara as Shri Vidya.^[8]

She is mainly worshipped in India where she has a major temple devoted to her known as the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Meenakshi, Kamakshi, and Visalakshi are considered the three Shakti forms of the goddess Parvati.^[9]

^ The Great Temple of Madurai: English Version of the Book Koilmanagar. Sri Meenakshisundareswarar Temple Renovation Committee. 1963.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cite error: The named reference William P. Harman 1992 24 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Proceedings of the First International Conference Seminar of Tamil Studies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April, 1966. International Association of Tamil Research. 1968. p. 543.
^ Menon, A. Sreedhara (1978). Cultural Heritage of Kerala: An Introduction. East-West Publications. p. 250.
^ Howes, Jennifer (2 September 2003). The Courts of Pre-Colonial South India: Material Culture and Kingship. Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 9781135789961.
^ Rajarajan, R. K. K. (1 January 2005). "Minaksi or Sundaresvara: Who is the first principle?". South Indian History Congress Annual Proceedings. XXV. Madurai: Madurai Kamaraj University: 551–553. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019.
^ Fiedler, Amanda (2006). Where does Meenakshi take her turmeric bath?: a multiply-constructed religious history and deity in Tamilnadu. University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 1.
^ Journal of Kerala Studies. Vol. 36. University of Kerala. 2009. p. 97.
^ Nelson, Louis P. (2006). American Sanctuary: Understanding Sacred Spaces. Indiana University Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780253218223.

[1] The Great Temple of Madurai: English Version of the Book Koilmanagar. Sri Meenakshisundareswarar Temple Renovation Committee. 1963.

[William_P._Harman_1992_24-2] Cite error: The named reference William P. Harman 1992 24 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[auto-3] Proceedings of the First International Conference Seminar of Tamil Studies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April, 1966. International Association of Tamil Research. 1968. p. 543.

[4] Menon, A. Sreedhara (1978). Cultural Heritage of Kerala: An Introduction. East-West Publications. p. 250.

[5] Howes, Jennifer (2 September 2003). The Courts of Pre-Colonial South India: Material Culture and Kingship. Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 9781135789961.

[Rajarajan-6] Rajarajan, R. K. K. (1 January 2005). "Minaksi or Sundaresvara: Who is the first principle?". South Indian History Congress Annual Proceedings. XXV. Madurai: Madurai Kamaraj University: 551–553. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019.

[7] Fiedler, Amanda (2006). Where does Meenakshi take her turmeric bath?: a multiply-constructed religious history and deity in Tamilnadu. University of Wisconsin--Madison. p. 1.

[:0-8] Journal of Kerala Studies. Vol. 36. University of Kerala. 2009. p. 97.

[9] Nelson, Louis P. (2006). American Sanctuary: Understanding Sacred Spaces. Indiana University Press. p. 121. ISBN 9780253218223.

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Meenakshi
Patron and Guardian Goddess of Madurai^[1]
Goddess Meenakshi
Other names	Aṅgayaṟkaṇṇi, Taḍādakai, Mīnāṭci, Mantriṇi, Mangayakarasi, Maduraidevi
Affiliation	Parvati, Devi
Abode	Madurai
Animals	Rose-ringed parakeet
Personal information
Parents	Malayathuvasa Pandya^[2] (father) Kanchanamalai^[2] (mother)
Siblings	Aḻagar (Vishnu)
Consort	Sundareśvarar (Shiva)
Dynasty	Pandya dynasty^[2]