The
temple features:
This
temple is located at Mylapore in Chennai.
The carpet area of the temple is1,02,400 sqft and is built facing east. It has a tower in 9 stages. The temple has two corridors.(Pragarams)
The deity is called Kapaleeswarar installed by the creator Brahma in the west facing pose.
The lord's consort Devi Karpagambal has seperate sanctum facing south. The temple tree is ' Punnai '. There are some stone inscriptions in this temple giving the history of the kshetram
The carpet area of the temple is1,02,400 sqft and is built facing east. It has a tower in 9 stages. The temple has two corridors.(Pragarams)
The deity is called Kapaleeswarar installed by the creator Brahma in the west facing pose.
The lord's consort Devi Karpagambal has seperate sanctum facing south. The temple tree is ' Punnai '. There are some stone inscriptions in this temple giving the history of the kshetram
The
saint who sang hymns on the Lord:
Thiru-gnana-sammandhar and Thirunavu-k-arasar
Thiru-gnana-sammandhar and Thirunavu-k-arasar
Legend:says
that Devi worshiped the Lord taking the form of a peacock. So peacock
is the temple bird. Hence this place is called Mylam-
Mylapore.(Meaning: Mylam is Peacock in Tamil Language)
Once
there was a merchant family living in Mylapore. They had a beautiful
daughter. They were proposing to marry her to
Saint Thiru-gnana-sammandhar.
The saint when he was on his tour to Mylam the merchant told him about his proposal.The saint said that he was going to north on a pilgrimage. When he returns back he would tell his plans.
Years passed. One day the girl went to the garden to bring flowers for his father's pooja . But when she was plucking the flowers a snake bit her and she died. The merchant very sadly he did all the cremation ceremonies and he collected her bones and kept them in a pot safely.
In the mean time Thiru-gnana-sammandhar finished his tour of the north and came to Mylam. The merchant invited the saint and told him the painful story about his daughter's death. Hearing the story he asked the merchant to bring the pot in which he had kept the girl's bones.
The saint when he was on his tour to Mylam the merchant told him about his proposal.The saint said that he was going to north on a pilgrimage. When he returns back he would tell his plans.
Years passed. One day the girl went to the garden to bring flowers for his father's pooja . But when she was plucking the flowers a snake bit her and she died. The merchant very sadly he did all the cremation ceremonies and he collected her bones and kept them in a pot safely.
In the mean time Thiru-gnana-sammandhar finished his tour of the north and came to Mylam. The merchant invited the saint and told him the painful story about his daughter's death. Hearing the story he asked the merchant to bring the pot in which he had kept the girl's bones.
Sambandar
sang a hymn on the deity to give back life to the girl and he
sprinkled some water on the bones. The girl came back to life. The
saint named her 'Poom-Paavai'
The merchant was very happy and requested the saint to marry her. But the saint refused and told to him 'I am like her father; because I gave her life. Hence I cannot marry her.' So saying Gnana-sambandar went on his way to other Siva-sthalams.
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The merchant was very happy and requested the saint to marry her. But the saint refused and told to him 'I am like her father; because I gave her life. Hence I cannot marry her.' So saying Gnana-sambandar went on his way to other Siva-sthalams.
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