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CHENNAI, INDIA, April 20, 2009: Kapaleeshwarar temple administration has taken steps to control the death of fish in its temple tank at Mylapore. The measures include recycling the water to improve its oxygen content and steps to reduce the water temperature.

The Times of India had reported on April 17 that fish were dying by the thousands at the Mylapore temple tank. The cause of the death was unknown. The oxygen content of the water might have depleted considerably due to onset of summer and also because of lack of rains in the last couple of months,” said the temple authorities said in a statement.

The traditional sacred architecture of Hindu temples has large tanks or reservoirs built as part of the temple complex. They can be fed either by a well or by an aqueduct, as the tank in Vijayanagara. The tank is part of the mystical flow of the temple’s shakti and its waters are often considered sacred, but many temples tanks have suffered from neglect in modern times.