About Kapaleeshwarar Temple

"Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a temple of Shiva situated in Mylapore, Chennai in the Indian territory of Tamil Nadu. The type of Shiva's partner Parvati venerated at this temple is called Karpagambal is from Tamil, (""Goddess of the Desire Yielding Tree""). The temple was worked around the seventh century CE in Dravidian engineering. 

As per the Puranas, Shakti revered Shiva as a peacock, giving the vernacular name Mylai (Mayilāi) to the region that created around the temple- mayil is Tamil for ""peacock"". Shiva is worshiped as Kapaleeswarar, and is spoken to by the lingam. His partner Parvati is delineated as Karpagambal. The directing divinity is respected in the seventh century Tamil Saiva standard work, the Tevaram, composed by Tamil holy person artists referred to as the nayanars and named Paadal Petra Sthalam."

The temple's name is gotten from the words kapalam (head) and eeshwarar a pseudonym of master Shiva. As per the Puranas, amid the meeting of Brahma and Shiva at best of Mount Kailash Brahma neglected to demonstrate the due regard to Shiva. Due to this, Shiva plucked of one of Brahma's heads (kapalams).