The initiative to restore the Veera Vasantharayar Mandapam at the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, which burned in a fire, ran into many hurdles. After an uphill struggle, a team of around 150 sculptors, led by sthapathi V.P. Velmurugan of Tiruppur, managed to complete the project, with the renewed hall being formally inaugurated on August 30
The initiative to restore the Veera Vasantharayar Mandapam at the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, which burned in a fire, ran into many hurdles. After an uphill struggle, a team of around 150 sculptors, led by sthapathi V.P. Velmurugan of Tiruppur, managed to complete the project, with the renewed hall being formally inaugurated on August 30
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