MYLAPORE 1851-1925


                  The subject we will be discussing today is the development of Kapaliswarar temple in the 19th and 20th centuries.  The picture old shown down is the picture of the temple in the year 1851 taken by Frederick Fiebig a Calotype  Salt print hand coloured photograph.  The Mylapore of the 19th century with its lustrous  growth of coconut trees on all the streets surrounding the temple tank and the four mada veethis.  The Eastern temple tower ie. the Rajagopuram is not there.  The twin shrines on the sides of the Western gopuram is not there as well as the Navarathri  Mandapam.The nirazhi mandapam on the tank is not having its tower.  Our new photo of the same was taken around 1925 when the Easter Rajagopuram constructed in the year 1906 and the temple steps and side mandapams constructed during the period 1910 to 1925 are clearly visible  The Navarathrimandapam is in position as well as two small shrines on the sides of western tower. What a drastic change i n 75 years.

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