The Temple is located at about 8 kms from Chennai central
railway stations.The Temple is an ancient shrine of the 7 th century A.D.It has
a 120 feet tall Gopuram with colourful architecture.
FAMOUS TEMPLE IN CHENNAI
FAMOUS TEMPLE IN CHENNAI
History
The Temple was built in 7 th century CE by the Pallavas.The
original temple was built where the Santhome church is located in Chennai.The
original Temple was demolished by Portuguese and the present temple was built
in the 16 th century by the Vijayanagar kings
The Arichitecture of the temple is Dravidian style.
The major highlights of the Temple are the towering and elaborately decorated gopuram.
The East Gopuram is almost 131 foot tall and a fine display
of Dravidian architecture.
There are separate sannadhis for
Vinayagar,Annamalaiyar,murugar,saneeswarar.
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| BEST ARCHITECTURE OF THE GOPURAM |
The lingam is a swaymabu lingam one of the 64 in the world and lingam is decorated with flowers,bhilva leaves,rudraksha garland and vibhuti.
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| VIEW OF GOPURAM FROM THE POND |
OPEN TIMINGS
MORNING 6.00A.M To 1.00 P.M
Location : Tamilnadu
Chennai , Mylapore
TEMPLE ADDRESS
Arulmighu Kapaleeswarar temple
Mylapore
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