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High medieval · Hindu · India
Pazhavangadi Ganapathy Temple
East Fort, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · 8.4846°, 76.9473°
Mahaganapathy (Ganesha)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Ganesha temple at East Fort, close to the Padmanabhaswamy temple, whose seated image was kept by the Nair Brigade at Padmanabhapuram and installed here when the brigade moved to Thiruvananthapuram. It passed to the Indian Army after the state forces were integrated, and holds thirty-two further sculptures of Ganesha.