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High medieval · Hindu · India
Venugopalaswamy Temple, Ganapathy
Ganapathy, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu · 11.0362°, 76.9762°
Vishnu as VenugopalaswamyYadava-descended rulers of Mysore—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 11th c.; renovated 1764
Yadava-descended rulers of Mysore
History & significance
A Vaishnava temple in the Ganapathy quarter of Coimbatore, credited to a Mysore ruler of Yadava descent about a thousand years ago and renovated in 1764. It is now run by the Tamil Nadu HR&CE department, and the surrounding neighbourhood takes its name from the old Kottai Ganapathy shrine that stood before it.