Kapaleeswarar temple was built in
7th century by pallava kings. Lord Shiva is the main deity and
accompanied by his wife pavathi in form of Karpagambal in the temple.
Kapaleeswarar temple is located in Mylapore, Chennai. Ancient puranas states
Brahma failed to show respect to lord Shiva. Due to this lord Shiva took one
Brahma’s head. So Brahma came down to mylapore and created a Shiva lingam to
calm lord Shiva’s anger on him. Some say Lord Brahma had worshiped lord Shiva
here to get his lost power. Lord Shiva is worshiped in form of lingam and
called as Kapaleeswarar. This temple was built around 7th century in
Dravidian architecture. The temple has two gopurams, the eastern gopuram is 40m
high and western goupuram is bit shorter and faces the temple’s sacred tank.
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