Chennai Temples - Kapileshwar, Asthalakshmi Kovil, Nanganallur
15th August, 2013 The idea strike at 9 in the morning. I got ready in another 30 minutes and started to visit the Chennai Temples. My target is to cover the 3 temples in the Chennai near ones. I started by 10 from my room. First reached to Kapileshwar Temple in Mylapore. Here is the history of Temple(Courtesy: Wiki) Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a temple of Shiva located in Mylapore , Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . The form of Shiva's wife Parvati worshipped at this temple is called Karpagambal (from Tamil, "Goddess of the Wish-Yielding Tree"). The temple was built around the 7th century CE and is a good example of Dravidian architecture. According to the Puranas , Shakti worshipped Shiva in the form of a peacock, which is why the vernacular name Mylai ( MayilÄi ) was given to the area that developed around the temple - mayil is Tamil for "peacock". Next started to the Asta Lakshmi Devalayam in Besant Nagar Beach. But I w
Hmm...good...photos are so good
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ReplyDeletenice!pics are really good!but why did you kept yourself away from those pics?i mean you didnt kept any pics of yours?
ReplyDeleteeven we planned to go always..but never happened na?!!
I wish you will visit more and more places and may this blog be filled with lots of memories....
Go on!
Thanks for your wishes....
ReplyDeleteWe will definitely plan that yar...Just give me some push up from your side... we can make it...!!