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திருச்செங்காட்டங்குடி உத்தராபதீசுவரர் கோயில்
Tiruchenkattankudi, Tamil Nadu · 10.8635°, 79.7227°
A Shiva temple at Tiruchenkattankudi more famous for its Ganesha icons, including one shown with a human rather than an elephant head. Oral tradition holds that its Vatapi Ganapati was carried here as spoil by the Pallava general Paranjothi after the sack of Vatapi in 642 CE, though no written record confirms it.
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.
Ganesha is said to have killed the demon Gajamukhasura and then worshipped his father Shiva at this spot.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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