The Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore, Chennai, is an active Shiva temple that the article says the Pallavas are generally thought to have built in the 7th century CE, based on hymn references. It names no architect and links the temple to Vishwakarma sthapathis. The infobox lists Dravidian architecture. Inscriptions inside date to the 12th century.
The east gopuram, built in 1906, is given as both 120 feet (37 m) and about 40 meters (131 feet), which conflict. Stucco figures cover it, and a smaller western gopuram faces the tank. The tank is about 623 by 469 feet (190 by 143 m), and a 16-pillared mandapam with a granite roof stands at its center.
The temple holds six daily rituals, with two conflicting daily time windows given. The mandapam is used for the annual float festival. The state endowments department maintains it.
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