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Kanipakam, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh · 13.2171°, 79.1007°
A Ganesha temple in Chittoor district built in the early 11th century under the Chola emperor Kulottunga I and expanded in 1336 under the Vijayanagara rulers. The image stands in a well that never runs dry and is administered today by the Andhra Pradesh endowments department through a trust board.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Three disabled brothers digging a well are said to have struck a hard object from which blood gushed; they were healed on the spot, and the self-manifested Ganesha has stayed in the water ever since, the image reportedly growing so that its old silver armour no longer fits.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chola, expanded under Vijayanagara
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