Velleeswarar, Mylapore, Chennai
The third of the 7 temples that make up the Mylapore Sapta Sthanam group of temples, this temple is associated with Siva as Velleeswarar, referring to Sukran or Venus. In turn, the temple’s sthala puranam is connected with Vishnu’s Vamana avataram and the asuras’ preceptor, Sukracharyar. The temple is equally (if not more) famous for the shrine of Sarabeswarar, regarded as a form of Siva associated with the Narasimha Avataram. But what is the possible (but undocumented) story about the unique Vinayakar shrine of this temple?… Read More Velleeswarar, Mylapore, Chennai