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Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore, Chennai (கபாலீச்வரர்)
Location:
The Kapaleeswarar Temple is located at the Mylapore Tank bus stop in the R.K Mutt Road, Mylapore, Chennai. Just near the temple is the Ramakrishna Math Ashram.Description:
The Kapaleeswarar Temple is dedicated to Sri Shiva as Kapaleeswarar and Divine Mother Shakti as Karpagambal.A Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam:
The famous Kapaleeswarar Temple at Mylapore, Chennai, in Tamil Nadu is a Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam. Devi Parvati (as Karpagambal) in the form of a peacock (Mayil in Tamil) is said to have worshipped Lord Shiva here. Hence the place is called Mylapore. Thirugnana Sambandar, restored the life of Poompavai, the daughter of a devotee of Lord Shiva (Sivanesa Chettiar) from the ashes (after she died of a snake bite) in this place.
Shrines and Deities:
Main Shrines:
- Sri Shiva as Kapaleeswarar (கபாலீச்வரர்)
- Devi as Karpagambal (கற்பகம்பாள்)
Sri Brahma:
- Sri Brahma
Sri Shiva:
- Sri Dakshinamurthy (தட்சிணாமுர்த்தி)
- Sri Sundareeswarar (சுந்தரேச்வரர்)
- Sri Jagadeeswarar (ஜகதீச்வரர்)
- Sri Bhairavar (பைராவர்)
Pancha Bootha Sthalam:
- Sri Annamalaiyarar (அண்ணாமலையரர்)
- Sri Natarajar Sivakami Amman (நடரஜர் சிவகமி அம்மன)
Devi:
- Sri Natarajar Sivakami Amman (நடரஜர் சிவகமி அம்மன)
- Devi Saraswati , Durgai , Lakshmi (சரச்வதி , துர்கை , லட்சமி)
Sri Ganesha:
- Sri Selva Ganapathy (செல்வ கணபதி)
Sri Murugan:
- Sri Murugan
- Sri Somaskandar (சொமாஸ்கந்தர்)
- Sri Singaravelar (சிந்காரவேலர்) (Murugan)
Others:
- Sri Virabhadrar (விரபத்திரர்)
- Arunagirinathar (அருணகிரிநாதர்) facing Singaravelar shrine
- Punnaivananathar (புன்னைவனநாதர்)
- Sri Saniswarar (சனிச்வரர்)
- Navagraha
Nayanmars:
- Thirugnanasambandar , Angampoompavai (திருஞானசம்பந்சர் , அகம்பும்பாவை)
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