GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The temple complex has 4 nine-storey gopurams (outer, raja), 1 seven-storey gopuram (Chittirai), 5 five-storey gopurams, 2 three-storey, and 2 one-storey gold-gilded sanctum towers. Of these five are gateways to the Sundareshvara shrine, three to the Meenakshi shrine.

Detailed explanation-2: -The two tallest gopuras are both modern, at least in part. The Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, has 21 gopurams (tower gateways), including the towering 239.5-foot (73.0 m) Rajagopuram (shrine of the main gateway), which is claimed as the tallest temple tower in Asia.

Detailed explanation-3: -This temple has five gates of similar types. Maximum 10 to 15 minutes walk from Madurai Railways station.

Detailed explanation-4: -RM P2C3N2–West ‘gopuram’ (tower gate) of Meenakshi Amman, a Hindu temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.