Dwajasthamba,a,Flagpole is erected in the Hindu temple before the Sanctum and after the room immediately,Thirukkadavur. .
In some temples it is situated outside the main hall where the Deity is.,Palani
The Devatas are believed to follow us in the temples.
The Dwajasthamba is believed to carry the power of the God in the temple.
The Dwajasthamba is very Holy and all festivals are conducted only after performing Pooja for the Dwajasthamba and a flag is hoisted.
The Church is dedicated to St,Thomas who is reported to have landed in Chennai around 300 AD and spread Syrian Christianity .
This Saint Thomas was infamous Acts of Thomas by Bardesanes, and this is the source of the legend of St. Thomas in India.
Dr. Elst studied under Jesuits at Katholieke Universiteit in Belgium, Europe’s oldest Catholic university at Leuven, has done extensive research on this
subject and says that At.Thomas is a Fraud perpetrated on the Indians by corrupt Catholic priests to spread Catholicism in India.
The original Kapaleeswarar temple in Mylapore was ransacked , demolished by The Portuguese . a Church was built and was named as San Thome
Cathedral Basilica on the Mylapore beach in Chennai.
The original structure was a Shiva Temple, that of Kapaaleswara.
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