State Highways Department has dropped the idea of constructing an elevated corridor from Nelpettai to Avaniyapuram as the flyover design blocks the view of the gopurams of Meenakshi Amman temple.

A rumour spread that the facade of the renovated bus stand would have a gopuram like structure symbolising Madurai as the city of temples. The demand was strongly opposed by Dravidian outfits ...

Gopuram facade does not have distinctive elements that are representative of Madurai . June 16, 2025 e-Paper. ... Madurai’s Periyar bus stand design requires tweaking, feel experts ...

Taking to X, another BJP leader, Narayanan Thirupathy, called the inclusion of the gopuram design “an assault on Hindu beliefs.” He wrote, ...

Taking to X, another BJP leader, Narayanan Thirupathy, called the inclusion of the gopuram design “an assault on Hindu beliefs.” He wrote, “I strongly condemn the @arivalayam for placing a ...

Though it has been more than two years since the collapse of the Raja Gopuram in the Srikalahasteeswara Swamy Temple at Srikalahasti, works pertaining to its reconstruction are going at a snail ...

The Tamil Nadu BJP Chief also criticised the Gopuram-like design for Karunandihi's memorial and said that it proved that the former TN CM did believe in God. "It's common to pray and show respect ...