Darshan of Mukkuruni Vinayagar -Madurai #meenakshi Amman #temple today in Silver kavach.
On #ganeshchathurthi ,1huge Kozhukkattai(modak) made out of 3 kuruni of rice(equals 18padi,1 padi =38000 rice grains)is offered to Ganesh.Hence this Ganesha is called Mukkuruni Vinayagar
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#Legend - Thirumalai Nayakkar found this #ganapathi idol in Vandiyur while he was digging a tank &placed in path between lay between Meenakshi Sannidhi & Shiva Sannidhi in #meenakshi
#temple .The tank is known as Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam (tank).
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#storytime -Everyone teased Ganesh for sitting idle with his pot belly. So,he decided to find some work.Took a form of a young boy,approached a devotee of his who was working on fields to assist him.Completed work n asked for 3 Kurranai grains.Hence name MukkuruniVinayagar
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Source text -thetamilian website
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Darshan of Mukkurani Vinayagar #Madurai today in Silver Kavach
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