Kapaleeshwar Temple

• In the Mylapore district of Tamil Nadu, the temple of Lord Shiva is situated. Shiva’s wife Parvati who is worshipped here is called Karpagambal, the goddess of the wish yielding tree. Shakti worshipped Shiva as a peacock. Thus the place came to be known as Mylai meaning peacock in Tamil.

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General InformationThe Kapaleeswar Temple in Mylapore, Chennai is a very ancient temple. The

original temple was submerged under the sea & the current temple structure was a later construction. The Moolavar is Kapaleeswar & Amman is

Karpagambal. There are separate sannadhis for several deities such as Vinayagar, Annamalaiyar, Murugar, Saneeswara. There are several other deities

such as Durgai, Dakshinamurthy, Chandikeswarar located within the main Sannadhis of Kapaleeswar & Karpagambal.

Karpagambal is said to have worshiped the Lord as a peacock (Mayil in Tamil) & hence the area came to be called Mylapore.

Festivals:Arubathimoovar festival – the icons of more than 60 saints of Lord Shiva are taken from Kapaleeshwar temple and paraded through Chennai in a colorful

procession. The festival is held in the month of March.

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Travel Guide• Air: Chennai is an international airport connected by several

international airlines. There are regular flights to several cities around the world from the International Terminal. There are also daily flights to all-important centers in India from the Domestic Terminal. Kamaraj National and Anna International Airports are situated at Meenambakkam about 20 kms from the city

Rail: There are two major railway stations in Chennai. Chennai Central is the bigger one and connects the city by broad gauge as also broad gauge trains to all major cities and towns of India.

Road: Chennai is connected by good network of roads with all the important places in TamilNadu and other parts of India. Pre-paid taxis and airport coaches are available at airports and railway station.

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