Hindu Kapaleeshwarar Temple – the temple’s towers were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India

For one day in the year, the curve moderate environs of Brahmin-overwhelmed Mylapore in Madras plays host to a solitary wonder. The superb Kapaleeswarar sanctuary, holy to admirers of Lord Shiva becomes, on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Moharrum, the site of an exceptional and inspiring showcase of resilience and fraternity. Scores of Muslims combine upon the banks of the sanctuary’s tank to offer petitions, following a 200-year-old custom. » Read more