Saptasthana Shiva temples of Mylapore:

According to Siddhas, there is an old saying which says Mylai is Kylai. This means that Mylapore is Kailash itself. This is attributed to the fact that there are seven great Shiva temples in this town. This can be understood from the fact that Shri Shrirama visited this place, and worshiped Shri Skanda at Shingar Velan shrine in the Kapalishwarar temple in this place before proceeding to Sri Lanka. The deities (idols) in these ancient temples are timeless which indicate the sacredness of the seven temples. Hence it is considered to be sacred duty of us to revive the Saptasthana worship. The sapta rishis worshiped at these temples in Mylapore. Originally all these temples were part of a single temple namely Kapalishwarar temple. They got separated due to various reasons like the occupation of Portugese around the Mylapore port. The sapta sthana worship of Mylapore includes the following temples according to the order mentioned in Puranas. It is advisable to do this Sapta Sthana worship in a single day if possible.

#	Temple Name	Mulavar	Devi	Sage who worshiped here
1	Shri Karaneeshwarar Temple	Shri Karaneeshwarar	Sri Porkodi Amman, Shri Swarnalalitambika	Sage Vasishtha
2	Shri Teerthapalishwarar Temple	Shri Teerthapaleeshwara, Shri Agasthishwarar, Shri Sarveshwarar	Shri Mahatripurasundari	Sage Atri
3	Shri Velleeshwarar Temple	Shri Velleeshwarar	Shri Kamakshi	Sage Angirasa
4	Shri Virupakshishwarar Temple	Shri Virupaksheeshwarar	Shri Vishalakshi	Sage Kutsa
5	Shri Valeeshwarar Temple	Shri Valeeshwarar	Shri Periyanayaki	Sage Gautama
6	Shri Malleeshwarar Temple	Shri Malleshwarar	Shri Maragadha Ambal	Sage Bhrigu
7	Shri Kapaleeshwarar Temple	Shri Kapaleeshwarar, Shri Punnagavananadar	Shri Karpagambika	Sage Kashyap

We will give a small account about these temples in our subsequent blogs.