Chennai known as Madras, is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the fourth largest metropolitan city in India.
After had breakfast in hotel, i was going to Kapaleeshwarar Temple with my japanese Cabin Senior- Natsuko. She told me that the temple is a must visit temple in South India. The hotel provided us complimentary shuttle service for 4 hours.......wow!!!!!
The Kapaleeshwarar temple is a Hindu temple. The original8th century Shiva temple was built by the Pallavas and located on the shore but it was destroyed by the Portuguese and was re-built as a church 300 years later.
The presiding deity of this temple is a form of Shiva called Kapaleeshwarar. The form of Shiva's wife Parvati at this temple is called Karpagambal (from the Tamil for "goddess of the wish-yielding tree"). Legend has it that Lord Shiva was once telling Lord Brahma the Hindu god of creation, about the creation of the three lokas but Lord Brahma did not agree with what Shiva said. Shiva got angry and plucked out one of Brahma's four heads. Brahma begged for forgiveness and was asked to perform penance at Mayilai (Mylapore) and then he asked Lord Shiva to take the name of Kapaleeswarar.
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