Karpagambal shrine

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Karpagambal shrine is a prominent sanctum dedicated to the goddess Parvati in her Karpagambal form within the historic Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore, Chennai.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu temple shrine ⓘ
religious structure ⓘ
architecturalStyle Dravidian architecture ⓘ
associatedDeity Karpagambal ⓘ
Parvati ⓘ
linked to: Kamakshi
associatedWithFestival Aadi Pooram ⓘ
Navaratri ⓘ
Panguni Peruvizha ⓘ
linked to: Panguni
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance important Shakti shrine within a Shaivite temple ⓘ
dedicatedTo Karpagambal ⓘ
Parvati ⓘ
linked to: Kamakshi
devoteeDemographic visited by local and regional Hindu devotees ⓘ
goddessAspectOf Parvati ⓘ
linked to: Kamakshi
hasGenderOfDeity female ⓘ
hasMainIdolType moolavar ⓘ
hasProcessionalIdolType utsava murti ⓘ
hasRitualType abhishekam ⓘ
alankaram ⓘ
daily puja ⓘ
deeparadhana ⓘ
hasSanctumType separate sanctum within main temple ⓘ
heritageContext part of historic Kapaleeshwarar Temple of Mylapore ⓘ
iconographicTradition South Indian goddess iconography ⓘ
isProminentShrineOf Kapaleeshwarar Temple ⓘ
linkedPrimaryDeityOfTemple Kapaleeshwarar ⓘ
locatedIn Chennai ⓘ
India ⓘ
Mylapore ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedInTemple Kapaleeshwarar Temple ⓘ
neighbourhood Mylapore ⓘ
partOf Kapaleeshwarar Temple complex ⓘ
pilgrimageImportance major shrine for devotees of Parvati ⓘ
primaryGoddessForm Karpagambal ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
relationshipToPrimaryDeity consort of Kapaleeshwarar ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
state Tamil Nadu ⓘ
worshipLanguage Tamil ⓘ
worshipTradition Shaivism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kapaleeshwarar Temple → hasShrine → Karpagambal shrine ⓘ
Karpagambal → primaryDeityOfShrine → Karpagambal shrine at Kapaleeshwarar Temple ⓘ
linked to: Karpagambal shrine
Karpagambal → worshippedAs → Karpagambal Amman ⓘ
linked to: Karpagambal shrine