Mylapore Theppa Kulam (Waterbodies of Chennai - 43)

This is perhaps the most popular waterbody of Chennai - the temple tank of the famous Kapaleeswarar generally referred to as Mylapore Theppa Kulam. The current structure of the temple must have been built in the 16th century CE. The date must hold true to this tank too. If you walk along the banks of this tank, you will definitely get the heritage feel. The tank, with its mandapam with the backdrop of the distant view of the temple tower, is a favorite sight for photographers.

The tank, a well-known landmark of the city, spreads over 6.75 acres.

To know more about the temple, click here.

Happy travelling.

Note: As per a report, there were about 650+ waterbodies in the Chennai region till the 1980s. Today, only a fraction of them exist. And most of those surviving waterbodies hardly have water, and even some of them that have water have been poorly shrunk. In Chennai, there are tank roads without tanks nearby and lake-view roads without lakes. There is a high possibility that even the few waterbodies we have today might vanish soon. I decided to visit the currently surviving waterbodies of Chennai and its suburbs and write about them in my blog as a series.

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