The Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple in Madurai, famous for its sculptural beauty and towers, has received the International Organisation for Standardisation 9001:2008 certification.

The certification was given for providing high quality services in terms of safety, security and maintaining cleanliness in the temple premises, said temple executive officer R Padmanabhan.

He added that the temple management had taken steps to ensure that its quality management system was in compliance with the ISO norms.

The Sri Parthasarathy and Sri Kapaleeswarar Temples in Chennai are others which received the certification in Tamil Nadu.