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Interesting facts about #Arjun Film The original Madurai temple officials did not allow filming or photography inside the temple. To recreate it for Arjun, art director Thota Tharani Garu visited the temple and sketched its details on paper, since he was not allowed to take pictures. Using those sketches, he recreated the entire temple set near Ocean Park in Kokapet, Hyderabad. They used Mahesh Sir own land to shoot where the grand Madurai Meenakshi Temple set was erected for Arjun. Back then, the massive Madurai-inspired set became a major talking point, with an entire temple-town recreation brought to Kokapet Hyderabad. Here’s the fascinating connection: The same land is now being used for SS Rajamouli’s Varanasi. If you visit the surroundings of Ocean Park, you can spot the massive Varanasi set with bluemat.