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	Singara Chennai - Mylapore, the peacock city
		It is this ancient temple that the relatively newer Kapaleeshwarar temple replaced, having as its main deities Lord Shiva (or 'Kapaleeshwarar') and Goddess Karpagambal.
		Architecturally, the Kapaleeshwarar temple is a typical representative of the pure Dravidian style: side entrances, gopurams, courts and a tank built around the central shrine.
		Kapaleeshwarar temple faces west and is approached through the western gopuram behind the huge tank.
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	Kapaleeshwarar temple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The original 8th century Shiva temple was built by the Pallavas and located on the shore but it was destroyed by the Portuguese and was re-built 300 years later.
		Architecturally, the temple is of typical Dravidian style with the gopuram overpowering the street on which the temple sits.
		The vahanas at the temple include the bull, elephant, bandicoot, peacock, goat and parrot among others, while a golden chariot is a recent addition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kapaleeshwarar_temple (933 words)

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		The shore temples lashed by the sea, is one of the early temples to be constructed in this area.
		The spectacular Rock Fort Temple, the landmark of the city, is on the shores of the Kaveri.
		The 13th century temple is set on a 250-hectre island in Cauvery, connected to the mainland by a bridge.
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		One says that the original temple was located close to the shore and the other says that the old temple stood at the same location as it is now.
		During the summer months of April-May Kapaleeswarar temple celebrates an annual temple festival for 9 days, where the decorated idols of Kapaleeswarar and Karpagambal are brought outside in a procession (clockwise) around the temple and water tank on the 4 major streets called Mada Veethi in different Vahanams (sanskrit word meaning vehicles).
		There are also smaller shrines inside the temple complex for Palani Andavar (Karthikeya's incarnation), Vaiyilar Nayanar (one of the 63 Nayanmar), Annamalaiyar (Lord Shiva) with his consort Unnamalai Ammai (Parvati), Sundereswarar (Lord Shiva), Jagatheeswarar (Lord Shiva), Kapaleeswarar is being worshipped by karpagambal in the form of a peahen, Thirugnana Sambanthar and Shaneeshwarar (saturn).
	www.tamilselvi.com /Kapaleeshwarar.htm (327 words)

	Global Adjustment's Newsletter - February 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A temple consists of the garba griha (literally, the 'womb'), the innermost part of the temple or the sanctum sanctorum; a pillared corridor around the sanctum; a vestibule leading to the sanctum; the mandapam or pillared hall outside the vestibule; and the ardha mandapam, the entrance porch over which the gopuram rises.
		In larger temples, religious discourses, music concerts and dance performances are usually held in the maha mandapam (pillared hall) and marriages in the kalyana mandapam (marriage hall).
		Among the oldest temples in Chennai are the famous Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore where Siva is worshipped in lingam form, the Parthsarathy Temple in Triplicane where Vishnu is worshipped in his avatar as Krishna, and the Marundee-swarar Temple in Thiruvanmiyur, a Siva temple.
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	Chennai - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		With an estimated population of 7.45 million (2005), the 367-year-old city is the 41st largest metropolitan area in the world.
		The most important tourist attraction of the city is actually in the neighbouring town of Mahabalipuram with its ancient temples and rock carvings of the 7th century Pallava kingdom.
		The famous temples include the Kapaleeshwarar temple, Parthasarathy temple in Triplicane and the San Thome Basilica.
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		Dedicated to lord Krishna this one of the oldest surviving temples in Chennai was build in the 8th century by the Pallava Rulers.
		This new temple is one of the three shore temples open to worship on the east coast.
		A striking contrast to the rock hewn temples of Tamilnadu is the Jain temple.
	www.chennaihub.com /travel-destinations-in-chennai1.html (1610 words)

	Rani's Pilgrimages - Chennai - 1974 - Chennai City
		This Krishna Temple built by the Pallavas in the eighth century was refurbished by the Vijaynagar's in the sixteenth century.
		It is one of the oldest extant temples in Chennai.
		The temple displays gopurams, mandapams and a tank, architectural elements found in the famous cities of Tamil Nadu.
	www.pilgrimagesofindia.com /chennai.html (345 words)

	Temples & Legends Of Tamilnadu/mylapore/(page6)
		Opinion is divided as to the date of the construction of this temple.
		The view held by historians is that the present temple of Kapaleeshwarar is not one referred to by Tirujnana Sambandar in his Tamil Iyrics, and that the present temple must have been built only about 300 years ago.
		The images and sculpture specimens of this temple and the style of architecture adopted are of those relating to recent years.
	www.hindubooks.org /temples/tamilnadu/mylapore/page6.htm (125 words)

	40-South India Temple Tour
		South India, is an unforgettable panorama of unique temples and temple cities, overwhelming in their detail of sculpture and grandeur of scale.
		The magnificent main temple has a 62 meter high vimana (the tallest in India), which is topped by dome carved from an 80 ton lock of granite.
		The temple is a hive of activity, colorfully decorated temple elephant, flower sellers and performances by musicians.
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		Temple, devoted to Lord Krishna, was originally built by the Pallavas in the 8th century and renovated in the 16th century bt the Vijayanagars.
		It's one of the oldest surviving temple in Chennai.
		The outer structure in stone is a replica of the temple car of Thiruvarur in Tamilnadu.
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	MADRAS PLUS
		Dedicated to Lord Shiva, the temple is characteristic of the Dravidian architectural style with its elaborate and intricately carved gopurams, mandapams and tank.
		The main shrine of the temple faces west and is approached through the western gopuram behind the huge tank.
		The temple tank with a Neerazhi Mandapam in the middle is on the western side, which is believed to have been built by Mayilai Muthaiappa Mudaliar in the 16th century.
	www.madrasplus.com /fullStory.asp?articleID=MADP2ART001142006 (523 words)

	Chennai, Madras- South india city, city of south india, capital city of Tamil Naidu, metropolitian city of India, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The temple of Lord Venkateshwara rests on a hill at Tirumala overlooking the little town of Tirupathi.
		Ancient Kanchipuram, the city of thousand temples, is one of the seven most sacred pilgrim centres for the Hindus.
		Mamallapuram, 60 Kms., South of Chennai, nestling on the shore of the Bay of Bengal, was a port of the Pallavas.
	www.visittajmahal.net /city/chennai.htm (1093 words)

	Pujas for Fasting Days (Vrathas) - Saranam
		The temple of Lord Annamalai and Goddess Unnamalai in Tiruvannamalai (in Tiruvannamalai Sambuvarayar district) enshrines Lord Siva in His Form of fire, one of the five elements.
		Parvati (Karpakambal) in the form of a peacock, Mayil is said to have worshipped Shiva (in a legend similar to that at Mayiladuturai).The Teppam or float festival in the large temple tank, and the biweekly Pradosham festival also draw huge crowds here.
		The Uchhi Pillayar temple situated on top of a hill is the most prominent landmark in the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamilnadu.
	www.saranam.com /Pujas/TL-fasting.htm (1340 words)

	DESI - ARTICLE
		The hills are barren, except for a small clump of trees that house the deorala, as the sacred grove is known in Maharashtra.
		The sthalavriksha of the Kapaleeshwarar temple at Mylapore in Chennai is the punnai or Alexandrian laurel.
		Some, like Chennai's Mylapore temple tank, have not seen water for a long time and have been converted to a public lavatory and garbage dump as an uncaring and corrupt administration looks the other way.
	www.studentorg.umd.edu /desi/article11.htm (1222 words)

	Mauritius Times
		The Mauritian ladies informed my spouse of the temples worth going to, but that was more in the context of “promesse” and the personal satisfaction that prayer brings about; they were, in good faith, not in the least concerned with the remarkable structures and history of those temples.
		This temple, built in the seventh century by the Pallava kings, soars to a height dwarfing all our temples in Mauritius, and its amazing gates, columns and sculptured deities, all consistently and intricately carved out of stone, seem to impress a few visiting tourists only.
		The temple’s tank, lying outside its present enclosures, was recently converted to a sewage disposal basin.
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	Princess Cruises : Ports of Call : Chennai, India (formerly Madras) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Marvel at the Five Rathas, the magnificent Shore Temple, Parthasarathy temple and the San Thome Basilica.
		This neighboring town possesses the area's most significant attractions, with its ancient temples and rock carvings of the 7th century Pallava kingdom.
		This colorful Hindu temple is located in Mylapore was built by the Pallava Kings in the 7th century.
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	Behind Jayalalithaa's Ordinance
		S.R. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa chips in for the Annadaanam scheme, at its inauguration at Kapaleeshwarar temple in Mylapore, Chennai.
		She allowed the Hindu Munnani — essentially a South-based outfit with Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh leanings — to hold its State convention in Coimbatore, even though the RSS was officially banned.
		She allowed AIADMK cadres to collect 20 lakh signatures in support of the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, and the BJP to hold in Chennai a "national awakening'' meeting in which L.K. Advani participated.
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	The Hindu : Unique form of Ganesha
		THE VELLEESHWARAR temple, dedicated to Lord Siva, situated on South Mada Street in Mylapore, close to the more famous Kapaleeshwarar temple is one among the seven ancient Siva temples in the area.
		Like all Siva temples, the Vellishwarar temple too has a sanctum for Lord Ganesha, but the one here for Selva Vinayaka is unique in many ways.
		This sanctum is almost as large as the principal shrine unlike in most Siva temples where the Ganesha shrine is usually of smaller dimensions.
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	sightseeing in Chennai
		Built in the eight-century Pallavan architecture style, the Kapaleeshwar Temple located in Mylapore in Chennai is regarded by the Hindus to be one of the most sacred Hindu sites in the Southern Part of India.
		Dedicated to Lord Shiva, the Kapaleeshwar Temple is built in the typical Dravidian architectural style with its elaborate and intricately carved Gopuram, mandapams and a tank.
		Another legend links the temple with Goddess Parvati (Karpagambal), who is said to have worshipped the Lord Shiva in the form of a peacock (Mayil).
	www.hotels-chennai.com /sightseeing2.htm (456 words)

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		Kapaleeswarar, an ancient Shiva temple, is the biggest temple in Chennai.
		Sri Parthasarathy Temple, devoted to Lord Krishna, was originally built by the Pallavas in the 8th century and renovated in the 16th century bt the Vijayanagars.
		The Santhome Cathedral Church built in 1504, then rebuilt in neo-Gothic style in 1893, this Roman Catholic Church near Kapaleeshwarar temple is said to house the remains of St. Thomas the Apostle.
	www.travel-tamilnadu.com /sightchen.htm (693 words)

	Prabhu n Ferrari » Blog Archive » kapaleeshwarar temple
		Later we decided to goto kapaleeshwarar temple, and then karpagambaL mess :-) I had never been to karpagambal mess before.
		By the time we reached Parthasarathy Temple, it was pretty dark.
		Like why the doors of the temples were built in such a way, and how the temple served as forts for the kings etc
	prabhukrish.net /2006/01/18/kapaleeshwarar-temple (639 words)

	Chennai, India - April 1999
		A short walk away is the Kapaleeshwarar temple in Mylapore, dedicated to Lord Shiva.
		Both these temples are centuries old and rich in grandeur and cultural heritage.
		A must see on the itinerary is a visit to the Govt Museum at Egmore which is a fascinating place with a lot of exhibits on a variety of subjects.
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		Famous the World over are its beautiful rock-cut temples, named after the five Pandava brothers are excellent examples of Pallava art.
		One skillfully carved rock, called Arjuna’s Penance, is said to be the largest basrelief sculpture in the World.
		It shows the figure of an ascetic believed to be Arjuna doing penance to obtain a boon from Lord Siva.The Shore Temple dates back to the second half of the 7th century and has two shrines, one dedicated to Vishnu and the other to Siva.
	safrhon.medimixindia.com /post_congress1.htm (429 words)

	Mylapore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Often referred to as the downtown of Chennai, it is famous for the Kapaleeshwarar temple.
		Mylapore also boasts of the Srinivasar temple near "Chitra Kulam" in Mylapore, which is administered by the Sri Vedantha Desikar Devasthanam (SVDD).
		The shrine of the great teacher Vedantha Desika is the one that faces north and it is the first shrine one sees in the temple.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mylapore (952 words)

	Tourism of India - Holiday Ideas
		Located near Marina Beach, this neo-Gothic style cathedral was originally built in the 13th Century in honor of the apostle of St. Thomas.
		This ancient Shiva temple in Mylapore is built in typical Dravidian style architecture.
		One of the oldest surviving temples in the city, the Sri Parthasarathy Temple is dedicated to Lord Krishna and was first built during the reign of the Pallava dynasty in the 8th century.
	www.tourismofindia.com /himg/mgchennaiwhattosee.htm (192 words)

	South India: Madurai, Trichy, Pondicherry, Mamallapuram, Bangalore, Mysore, Chennai - A Travelogue by Doug Burnett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The temple is a popular destination and Indian school kids were lined up outside.
		There were a few small temples along the way and every now and then I would pass someone walking up toward the temple.
		After breakfast I visited the Kapaleeshwarar temple, which was covered with scaffolding and looked pretty sad when compared to the ones I had seen in the south.
	www.traveldoug.com /04i3.html (3834 words)

	The presiding deity of Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a form of Shiva called Kapaleeshwarar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tamilnow.com : Society & Culture : Religion : Temples : Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Mylapore, Chennai
		The presiding deity of Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a form of Shiva called Kapaleeshwarar.
		The form of Shiva's wife Parvati at this temple is called Karpagambal.
	www.tamilnow.com /Kapaleeshwarar-Temple-Mylapore-Chennai-211.html (63 words)

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