![]() ![]() Sri Virupaksheeswarar Temple: Worshipped by Sage Kutsa, this is the oldest temple of Mylapore and is near Karaneeswara temple and Mundakkanni Amman temple.Since Shiva is the ‘reason’ for everything, He is called Karaneeswarar (Karanam in Tamil means reason). The Shivalingam here is in square shape as seen in only Thirukkadaiyur and Kalahasthi. Sri Karaneeswarar Temple: Worshipped by Sage Vasishta, this 12 th century temple is located in the Bazaar street of Karaneeswararpet.The temple has significance that when the seven deities of the Sapthasthana temples take bath in the sea during the Theerthavari festival in the tamil month of Masi, this deity takes the first place. Sri Theerthapaleeswarar Temple: Worshipped by Sage Athri, this temple is located in the Dr.Natesan street of Krishnapet, Triplicane Mirsahib market area opposite to mosque.In the Southwest of the outer praharam, a lizard has been carved out to indicate that this is a Parihara sthalam. Navagrahas with their respective vahanas and Saneeswarar separately are present in different shrines. There are shrines for Vinayahar, Natarajar, Goddess Sivahami, Murugar with Valli and Deivanai, Chandeeswar, Anjaneyar, Vishnu, Durgai, and Ayyappan. Pancha lingams came out from the earth as seen in a separate shrine which is an appropriate place for meditation. Vaali got all his powers after his tapas towards Easwaran here. Sri Vaaliswarar Temple: Worshipped by Sage Gautama, this 2000 years old temple is located at Gopathy Narayana Chetty Street opposite to Kolavizhiamman Temple.The legend has it that Asura Guru Sukracharyar worshipped Shiva here in order to regain his vision. Sri Velleeswarar Temple: Worshipped by Sage Angeerasa, this temple is located at the South Mada street very close to the Kapaleeswarar temple.The 63 Nayanmar festival is highly popular. Parvathi Devi worshipped Shiva here in the form of Peacock. The original temple was located near the sea but got submerged in the sea and the current temple was built around 350 years back. ![]() This is one of the 275 Thevara Padal Petra Sthalams out of these, this is one of the 40 temples that have west facing Shiva shrines. Kapaleeswarar Temple: Worshipped by Sage Kasyapar, this is the most popular of the Sapthasthana temples.More details on the Sapthasthana temples here It is highly powerful to worship all the seven deities in a single trip. Originally they were all part of a single temple but in due course they have become separate temples. There are seven Sapthasthana (Saptha meaning seven) temples for Shiva in Mylapore worshipped by the Saptha rishis – Adri, Brigu, Kutsa, Vashishta, Gautama, Kasyapa and Angirasa. This is a dynamic list and will be constantly updated with more and more information. A few popular modern day temples are also listed alongside. Listed below are many of the ancient temples within Chennai city that have great legendary significances. ![]()
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