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Gauthama Maharishi , husband of Akalya left his ashram (after Akalya was turned into a stone due to a curse) and was travelling through this village. 

The people of the village seeing Gautamar Maharishi realized that he must be their savior and pleaded to him to invoke the rain God and make the land fertile.

Gauthamar wondered for the reason of such a drought and he sensed that a Ganapathy idol consecrated by Maharishi Agastya was buried in the soil. 

He asked the people of the village to search for that idol. Before dusk the idol was brought out and Gauthamar appeased Lord Ganapathy with sadatchara mantra. Soon, rain clouds formed and the village received a copious rain fall.

River Cauvery diverted herself through that village to have the darshan of Maha Ganapathy and continued her journey through that village. 

The village became fertile. As the village prospered because of Maha Ganapathy, it was then named as Ganapathy Agraharam. 

The Maha Ganapathy inside the sanctum sanctorum is around 5 feet high sitting majestically in a beautifully carved pedestal. 

His vahana ( carrier) mooshika sits in a praying posture. His trunk is curved towards right and is known as Valampuri.