Seven Shiva Temples (Saptha Sthaana) of Mylapore

 

 

In search of finding the reason for the famous saying " Mailaye kailai" (Mylapore is equivlant to Kailash) we got the following information from one of our team member and decided to visit all 7 temples in one single day

There are seven great Shiva temples in Mylapore, Chennai. Most have heard of the famous Kapaleeswarar Temple, but how about the other six? In fact, many who visit the Kapali temple regularly have not even stepped inside the important Velleeswarar Temple just next door to it!

The key to this Siddha worship procedure is that devotees should offer worship at the six other Shiva temples first before visitng the Kapaleeswarar Temple.

Order of temple in which we need to visit:

Mylapore Saptha Sthaana Shiva worship includes
(1) Sri Karaneeswarar Temple
(2) Sri Theerthapaleeswarar Temple
(3) Sri Velleeswarar Temple
(4) Sri Virupaksheeswarar Temple
(5) Sri Valeeswarar Temple
(6) Sri Malleeswarar Temple and
(7) Sri Kapaleeswarar Temple, in that order

Given its the month of Aadi we started this trip of 7 temples after visiting the Famous Mundagakanni Amman temple dedicated to Devi. It was indeed a divine experience to see the early morning Nirmalya dharshan and also the previous day Pradosha Utsavar vigraham