THE PICTURE ABOVE IS SEEN FACING THE TEMPLE LOOKING WEST TOWARDS ARUNACHALA IN THE DIRECTION WHERE THE SUN SETS ACROSS THE TOP OF THE EAST GOPURAM (TOWER) TOWARD THE WEST GOPURAM. DUE NORTH IS TO THE RIGHT, DUE SOUTH TO THE LEFT. SEEN FROM THE TOP VIEW OF THE TEMPLE PLAN BELOW, THE EAST GOPURAM IS SHOWN ON THE FAR RIGHT, THE WEST GOPURAM ON THE FAR LEFT. DEVOTEES USING THE SOUTHSIDE THIRUMANJANA GOPURAM ENTRANCE, THEN PASSING THROUGH THE KATTAI GOPURAM JUST IN FRONT OF IT, COME UPON THE BRAHMA THEERTHAM TANK LOCATED IN THE FOURTH PRAKARAM OF THE TEMPLE IMMEDIATELY ON THEIR RIGHT. IN THE TEMPLE GROUNDS MAP BELOW, THE BRAHMA THEERTHAM TANK LOCATION IS DEPICTED BY THE GREEN SQUARE, LOWER RIGHT CENTER.
THE PICTURE ABOVE IS THE TEMPLE FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF VIEW I, AS SEEN FROM ARUNACHALA LOOKING EAST TOWARD THE HORIZON WHERE THE SUNRISES OVER THE TOP OF THE EAST GOPURAM AND ACROSS THE TWO SMALLER INTERIOR GOPURAMS TO THE WEST GOPURAM, THE WEST GOPURAM, BOTTOM CENTER, BEING THE NEAREST GOPURAM TO US IN THE PHOTO. NORTH IS TO THE LEFT, SOUTH TOWARD THE RIGHT.
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