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The Olakkannesvara Temple ("flame eye"; commonly Olakkanatha; also known as, "the Old Lighthouse") is in Mahabalipuram town, overlooking the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in Kancheepuram District in Tamil Nadu, India.
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English: The Olakkannesvara Temple, which is also called the ‘flame eye’ & the ‘old lighthouse’ stand on top of a hillock and is carved from a single rock. With spectacular views of the town of Mahabalipuram & overlooking the Bay of Bengal, this temple is one in the ‘Group of Monuments’ that classify under the UNESCO World Heritage sites. Very often, it is confused with the ‘Mahishasuramardini Cave Temple’ for it is located directly above it on the same hillock. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva & back in the day they would call it the ‘Ulaikkannisvaram’, which is for ‘Shiva, who has a crescent moon on his forehead’, perhaps also why they called it the ‘flame eye’. Many years ago it also served as a watch tower & land mark for mariners, and hence gets the name ‘Old Lighthouse’. |
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