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Foundation Year2300 years oldSthala TreeTheerthamRathamArchitectureOther Speciality1008th Vinayaka ( Ganapathy )
- Sthala Puran
During the fourth century, a king Somara Vallaban brought 1008 Brahmins from the Narmada River region to conduct a Yajna here. Yet their number was short by one.
Lord Vinayaka appeared there in the guise of a Brahmin and helped completing the Yajna in order. Hence, the Vinayaka is named Aayirathu Enn Vinayaka – 1008th Vinayaka.
It is said that Vinayaka stayed in the Arumugamangalam village itself offered to him as Dakshina.
According to history, Vadhabi Ganapathy (Vinayaka) brought from the North was the first to be installed in Tiruchengattankudi in Thanjavur in Tamilnadu in the 7th century.
Consider this fact, the people of Arumugamangalam claim that Aayirathu Enn Vinayaka was installed here 2300 years ago.
Acharya Sri Adi Sankara sang His Ganesha Pancharatna hymn in this temple before proceeding to Tiruchendur to worship Lord Muruga with his Subramania Bhujangam for remedy from a physical problem.
The temple Address : Lord Aayirathu Enn Vinayaka Temple, Arumugamangalam – 628 802, Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu.
Arumugamangalam is 47 km from Tirunelveli.
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