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Ucchi Pillayar Temple is a 7th-century-CE Hindu temple, one dedicated to Lord Ganesha located a top of Rock Fort, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.According to legend, this rock is the place where Lord Ganesha ran from King Vibishana, after establishing the Ranganathaswamy deity in Srirangam.
Tamil Nadu has more temples than any other states of India. Tamil Nadu is home to more than 400,000 Hindu temples and is aptly called "the land of temples" by the media. Many are at least 800 years old and are found scattered all over the state. The rulers of various dynasties constructed these temples over centuries.
It is dedicated to the Hindu god Vinayaka or Ganesha. The temple participates in activities such as feeding the poor and holds poojas frequently. The first Kumbabhishekam (consecration) of the temple after extension activity was held in April, 1979 before which the idol was being worshiped at a site opposite the present site of the temple ...
In the 1850s, a statue of Lord Vinayagar was discovered by the side of a pond. A Chempaka tree, Senpaga in Tamil, stood on the bank of the pond. As the Vinayagar statue was found besides the Chempaka tree, the temple came to be known as "Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple". [1]
Uthrapathiswaraswamy Temple is a Hindu temple in Tiruchenkattankudi in Nagapattinam district in the Tamil Nadu state of India. Though it is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, it is more famous for its Ganesha (Ganapati) icons. [1] The main Ganesha shrine depicts him with a human head, instead of the elephant head he is usually depicted with. [1]
The Pala Ganesh Temple is around 1 km from city center Surajpole, and 3.5 km from Udaipur City railway station. Visitors can take private vehicle, or a Taxi or Auto-Rikshaw to visit the place. This is located in between the Gulab Bagh and Zoo and Doodh Talai Lake, having its entrance adjacent to one of the parking stands of Gulab Bagh and Zoo.
The Mahabalipuram temples are in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) southwest of Chennai on the Coromandel Coast. The monuments are reachable by the four-lane, divided East Coast Road and Rajiv Gandhi Salai (State Highways 49 and 49A).
Ganesha Ratha is a temple in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of ten rathas ("chariots") carved out of pink granite within the group of monuments of the Pallava Period at Mahabalipuram , a UNESCO -inscribed World Heritage Site since 1984. [ 1 ]