Meenakshi | |
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![]() Goddess Meenakshi | |
Other names | Aṅgayaṟkaṇṇi, Taḍādakai, Mīnāṭci, Mantriṇi, Mangayakarasi, Maduraidevi |
Affiliation | Parvati, Devi |
Abode | Madurai |
Animals | Rose-ringed parakeet |
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Siblings | Aḻagar (Vishnu) |
Consort | Sundareśvarar (Shiva) |
Dynasty | Pandya dynasty[2] |
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]
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