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Business News/ Photos / View Finder | Of art and faith

View Finder | Of art and faith

In this temple town, idols, colours, elephants and crowds

Photographs by Bhaskar Krishnamurthy. The stucco work on the towers of the Madurai temple.

1/5Photographs by Bhaskar Krishnamurthy. The stucco work on the towers of the Madurai temple.

The north tower of the temple.

2/5The north tower of the temple.

A ritual procession every evening where the idol of Sundareswar is carried around the mandapam to goddess Meenakshi’s chamber, and is taken back the next morning at dawn

3/5A ritual procession every evening where the idol of Sundareswar is carried around the mandapam to goddess Meenakshi’s chamber, and is taken back the next morning at dawn

A three-dimensional painting of the Shiva lingam inside the mandapam

4/5A three-dimensional painting of the Shiva lingam inside the mandapam

A devotee seeks blessings from the temple elephant.

5/5A devotee seeks blessings from the temple elephant.

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