Kapaleeshwarar Temple
Mylapore, India
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The Kapaleeshwarar Temple, built around the 7th century A.D. in Mylapore, Chennai, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and exemplifies South Indian Dravidian architecture. According to Puranic tradition, the temple's location takes its vernacular name Mylai from a legend in which Parvati worshipped Shiva in the form of a peahen. The presiding deity, Kapaleeshwarar (Shiva represented by the lingam), is venerated alongside Karpagambal (Parvati as the goddess of the wish-yielding tree) in the temple's most prominent shrines. Revered in the 7th-century Tamil Shaiva canonical work the Tevaram by the Nayanars, the temple complex houses multiple halls and shrines. The temple maintains six daily rituals and observes four yearly festivals, with the Aṟupatimūvar brahmotsava celebrated in the Tamil month of Panguni being the most significant. It is administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu.
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- Type
- temple, Hindu temple
- Place
- Mylapore, India
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