In about two years, idols of Tamil poet Tiruvalluvar and his wife Vasuki in Mylapore will be housed inside a new rough-cut granite temple ... The idols of Sri Ekambareswarar, Kamakshi Amman ...

Peacock is called mayil in Tamil, giving the place the vernacular name Mylapore. At Kapaleeshwar temple, Shiva is worshipped as Kapaleeswarar and his consort Parvati is as Karpagambal (goddess ...