The Kapaleeshwarar greatly revered temple located in the
southern city of Chennai in India attracts many devotees and tourists alike.
Here, you will see the typical Dravidian architecture and numerous traditional
Hindu celebrations.
Chennai Kapaleeshwarar Temple
The famous chennai kapaleeshwarar temple located in Chennai, in the
state of Tamil Nadu in southern India is a major tourist and religious
attraction. Fundamentally, it is a Shiva temple where the deity divine consort,
Parvati is also worshiped as 'Karpagambal'. The shrine was originally built in
the seventh century and is considered an outstanding example of the great
Dravidian style architecture.
The temple is built on a large scale, with a splendid
gopuram; This is the term in the local language for entrance tower is decorated
in Hindu temples. In fact, there are two entrances to this revered shrine, one
foot on each prominent gopuram. Most of these measures over 40 meters high.
Many myths and legends feature of this interesting location.
According to a mythical tale, Shiva and Brahma gods gathered in a nearby
mountain. As Brahma did not show the necessary respect, Shiva tore one of the
heads of Brahma. To compensate his misdeed, Brahma performed penance and
launched a Shiva Lingam to appease supposedly the place where the temple now
stands.
However, according to records commonly accepted that the
temple was initially built in the seventh century by the local aristocracy
ruler known as the Pallavas. However, experts estimate that the temple
buildings are only three to four centuries. The expert opinion is that the old
original temple was demolished by the Portuguese invaders and that the
currently existing temple was built at a later date in the 16th century by the
Vijayanagar monarchy.
Numerous interesting traditions and rituals are performed in
the sanctuary. During Friday worship, the figure of the female deity
Karpagambal is adorned with a garland of gold coins. Visitors will notice a
peacock and peahen in the compound maintained its importance in local legend.
Four bids or devotional rites are performed in the temple at various times of
day. Numerous fascinating festivals are also observed in this place of worship.
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