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Varasiddhi Vinayaka Temple
Besant Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 13.0004°, 80.2670°
Ganesha as Valampuri Varasiddhi Vinayakar, with his consort SiddhiModern—
Sacred since
1979 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
enlarged temple consecrated 1979
Modern
History & significance
A Ganesha temple near the beach at Besant Nagar in Chennai whose image was first worshipped on a site opposite the present one inside the CPWD quarters; the enlarged temple had its first kumbhabhishekam in April 1979. An auditorium and a goshala were added later, and music programmes mark Vinayaka Chaturthi.