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Meenakshi also Angayarkanni is an Avatar of the Hindu Goddess Parvati - and consort of Shiva - who is worshipped mainly by South Indians. She is also one of the few Hindu female deities to have a major temple devoted to her - the far famed Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She is considered as a form of Goddess Lalitha Tripurasundari, one of the Dasa Maha Vidhyas.
The word Meenakshi (eyes shaped like a fish, i.e., almond eyes) is derived from the Tamil word meen (fish) and the Sanskrit word akshi, or akshayam (eyes). In chaste Tamil, devoid of Sanskrit influence, her name is Angayarkanni, from the Tamil words angayar (of fish) and kann (eyes). Since the Ancient Tamil Kingdom of Pandya emblem was a fish and their capital was the city of Madurai, the goddess of Madurai became known as Meenakshi.
The word Meenakshi (eyes shaped like a fish, i.e., almond eyes) is derived from the Tamil word meen (fish) and the Sanskrit word akshi, or akshayam (eyes). In chaste Tamil, devoid of Sanskrit influence, her name is Angayarkanni, from the Tamil words angayar (of fish) and kann (eyes). Since the Ancient Tamil Kingdom of Pandya emblem was a fish and their capital was the city of Madurai, the goddess of Madurai became known as Meenakshi.
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