Kapaleeshwarar Temple

The Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a dedicated to the god Shiva. It is located in , in the state of . The temple was built around the 7th century A.D. and is an example of South Indian Architecture.
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  • Type: Hindu temple
  • Description: temple of Shivan (Kapaleeswarar) and a form of Shiva’s consort Parvati called Karpagambal (‘Goddess of the Wish-Yielding Tree’), located in Mylapore, Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
  • Also known as: “Kapaleeshwarar Temple illuminated” and “Kapaleeswarar Temple”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include San Thome Basilica and Thirumayilai railway station.

Church
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San Thome Church, officially known as the National Shrine of St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, is a church of the Catholic Church in India, at the neighbourhood of Chennai, in . is situated 1 km east of Kapaleeshwarar Temple.

Railway station
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Thirumayilai MRTS station, or simply Mylapore railway station, is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS line. It was started in 1997 which marked the completion of Phase I of the Chennai MRTS project. is situated 310 metres northwest of Kapaleeshwarar Temple.

Hindu temple
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Adi Kesava Temple is dedicated to Hindu god Vishnu located in , , in the South Indian state of . Constructed in the Tamil style of architecture, dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Adi Kesava Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Mayuravalli Thayar. is situated 360 metres south of Kapaleeshwarar Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mylapore and Santhome.

Suburb
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, or Thirumayilai, is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of , India. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city.

Suburb
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, also written San Thome, is a locality in in city in India. It was a Portuguese settlement in the 16th century.

Suburb
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Mandaveli is a neighborhood in , . It is also termed usually as Mandavelipakkam which in the Tamil language "Mandhai" is 'herd of cattle' and "Veli" is 'grassland'.

Kapaleeshwarar Temple

Latitude
13.03374° or 13° 2′ 2″ north
Longitude
80.26984° or 80° 16′ 11″ east
Open location code
7M5227M9+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 289373830
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1587164
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Thai—“Kapaleeshwarar Temple” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Tempulli Kapaleeshwarar”
  • Albanian: “Tempulli Kapalishvarar”
  • Bengali: “কপালেশ্বর মন্দির”
  • Chinese: “頭蓋骨自在主神廟”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد كاباليشوارار”
  • French: “temple de Kapaleeshwarar”
  • French: “Temple de Kapaleeshwarar”
  • German: “Kapaleeswarar-Tempel”
  • German: “Kapalishwara-Tempel”
  • German: “Kapalisvara-Tempel”
  • German: “Kapalisvarar-Tempel”
  • German: “Kapaliswarar-Tempel”
  • Goan Konkani: “Kapileshwar”
  • Goan Konkani: “कपिलेश्वर”
  • Hindi: “कपालीश्वर मंदिर”
  • Japanese: “カパーリーシュヴァラル寺院”
  • Korean: “카팔리슈와라르 사원”
  • Malay: “Kuil Kapaleeshwarar”
  • Malayalam: “കാപാലീശ്വര ക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Oriya: “କପାଳୀଶ୍ୱରର ମନ୍ଦିର”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਪਾਲੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਮੰਦਿਰ”
  • Russian: “Храм Капалишварар”
  • Tamil: “கபாலீசுவரர் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “கபாலீஸ்வரர் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “மயிலாப்பூர் கபாலீசுவரர் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “மயிலாப்பூர் கபாலீஸ்வரர் கோயில்”
  • Telugu: “కపాలేశ్వర దేవాలయం”
  • Thai: “กปาลีศวรมนเทียร”

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