Thread by @narayanagl

Manakula Vinayaka Temple is one of the famous ancient temple in Puducherry, The Temple is 400 meters West of Bay of Bengal Sea, 165 Km South of Chennai. The main deity Manakula Vinayaka (Ganesh Bhagwan) of this temple is facing East.
This temple is called as Manakula Vinayaka,

as that time there was pond (Kulam in Tamil) on the western side of this temple & due to proximity of Sea, pond was full of sand (Manal in Tamil), hence it was called as Mana Kula Vinayagar.
Presently the Temple is built in 7913 sq. ft. with outer Mandapam, Raja Gopuram,

Dwaja Sthamb (18ft tall gold plated), The presiding deity Moolavar in Sanctum blesses his devotees with four hands, the top two holding Angusam, Pasam & the right low hand with Abayadana muthra & the left one Varadhana muthra.
The golden chariot: was made purely on the basis of

collection of donations from the devotees. The total weight of the gold used in this chariot is 7.5kg with the estimate of around Rs. 35 lakhs. The height & breadth of the chariot is 10ft & 6ft. The chariot was fully made up in teak wood covered by copper plate duly engraved with

beautiful art works and the plates duly attached with golden rakes. Prior to French regime, the temple is now was called weaver reet & was renamed as Orlean street by them. This place was also part of the town where French people lived. Made every effort to remove the deity from

this place & went even to extend of throwing the deity in sea & every time he came back to the same place, where the temple is now. Later the temple was built near the Bay of Bengal shores as per the Ganapathy Agamam, named Bhuvanesa Vinayagar Temple.

To know more about this Temple pls visit:
sattology.org/content/manaku…
Pic Credit: Google & Flickr
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Tomorrow will share about the miracle happened during French era. Will share how an atheist became Vinayagar devotee. Thanks