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Hall of a Thousand Pillars

Hall of a Thousand Pillars

AttractionMadurai (Meenakshi Amman Temple), Tamil Nadu
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Nine hundred and eighty-five pillars rather than a thousand, put up in 1569 and now used as the temple museum. Every column is carved differently, which is easier to take in along the edges than in the middle.

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