![Yali statue in Thousand Pillor hall in Meenakshi temple ; Madurai ; Tamil Nadu ; India Stock Photo - Alamy Yali statue in Thousand Pillor hall in Meenakshi temple ; Madurai ; Tamil Nadu ; India Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CE5J4B/yali-statue-in-thousand-pillor-hall-in-meenakshi-temple-madurai-tamil-CE5J4B.jpg)
Yali statue in Thousand Pillor hall in Meenakshi temple ; Madurai ; Tamil Nadu ; India Stock Photo - Alamy
![Tamil Culture and Tradition - OUR DREAMS : What does 'Yali', found in the pillars of many Tamil Nadu, South India temples, symbolize? Are they just mythological creatures? Tamil Culture and Tradition - OUR DREAMS : What does 'Yali', found in the pillars of many Tamil Nadu, South India temples, symbolize? Are they just mythological creatures?](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KeUJ3KUt6I4/Vse8fKMcgqI/AAAAAAAAAHc/oY1n5QKdH2Q/s1600/yaali.jpg)
Tamil Culture and Tradition - OUR DREAMS : What does 'Yali', found in the pillars of many Tamil Nadu, South India temples, symbolize? Are they just mythological creatures?
![Color slide of detail view of Yali sculpture pillars found at the Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. · PAFA Digital Archives · PAFA's Digital Archives Color slide of detail view of Yali sculpture pillars found at the Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. · PAFA Digital Archives · PAFA's Digital Archives](https://pafaarchives.org/files/original/3808dff8dc48d0dd086085360b31c4da335cff22.jpg)