Madurai temple deities got names after 17 century

The Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple structure, as it stands now, was constructed between 11th and 13th century AD and the deities were referred to as Meenakshi and Sundareswarar only after the 17th century AD, according to stone inscriptions in the temple which have been deciphered by archaeologists in detail.

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