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UNIQUENESS:
Pronounce the word MADURAI, upraises anon Mother
MEENAKSHI ready to announce that it is her august seat, held dear to heart since
time immemorial, and will live there eternally beside her Lord Sundareswar,
enshrined in a bigger shrine, but an integral part of her spacious and beautiful
sculptured mandir. The words Madurai and Meenakshi are so inextricably blended
that they bear no separation. They are not
two
in ONE, but ONE and one WHOLE only that can never division, nor desire living
yield in isolation. They are like lord Maheswar in Ardhanareeswara combination,
resenting segregation and preferring enviable union for ever. So, mere remembrance
of Madurai flashes across our minds the enchanting sublime figure of Goddess Meenakshi in standing posture, adorned with
resplendent dazzling
jewellery and shimmering colourful fabrics, with a lovely green parrot perching
on the bouquet held in her right hand, and left hand gracefully hanging down
below her alluring hip. This life - size well - chiselled image radiates love
and compassion through her large, black enchanting eyes, formed like fishes to
look upon her adorers with full gaze for showering munificence, just as the
mother fish feeds her progeny with mere sight.
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