79 Monoliths and a Mountain of Challenges: A Reconstruction of a Nayak Era Miracle

The initiative to restore the Veera Vasantharayar Mandapam at the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, which was gutted in a fire, has hit many hurdles. After an arduous struggle, a team of about 150 sculptors led by sthapathi VP Velmurugan of Tiruppur managed to complete the project, with the restored hall inaugurated on 30