Source: Times of India
MADURAI, INDIA, November 16, 2002: The thousand-pillar hall, a landmark and a tourist attraction which houses a museum at the famous Goddess Meenakshi temple, has been renovated at a cost of US$32,000, temple executive officer P. Baskaran said in a statement here on Saturday. He said the hall would be opened to the public on Sunday. More than 5,000 sculptures, including three-dimensional sculptures of Goddesses and Gods, have been cleaned and renovated. Ancient murthis and the palace articles used by Pandiya and Nayakar kings and queens are also displayed at the museum located in the hall.