Sri Bhagavadh Vinayaka Temple – Kumbakonam

 

Sri Bhagavadh Vinayaka Temple is located in Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district of Tamilnadu

It is located at Nagesvarar Tirunmanchana Veedhi

He is called as Gubera or Vetri Vinayaka

It is said that he would remove all the Navagraha Dhoshas

Navagraha Vinayaga is also found in this temple. He is having Sun, (on his forehead), Moon (in the navel), Mars (in the right thigh), Mercury (in the left lower hand), Jupiter (on the head), Venus (in the left lower hand), Saturn (in right upper hand), Rahu (in left upper hand), and Kethu (in left thigh).

Bhagavar Maharishi resided in Vedaranyam. His mother on her deathbed asked him to gather her ashes after her death and dissolve them in the place when they turned into flowers. After her death, he went to several places. When he came to Kumbakonam and was taking a bath in Cauvery, his disciple opened the pot which contained the ashes. He thought it might have some food. To his surprise, there were flowers instead of ashes. He kept mum, without telling anything to his guru. The guru was on the thinking that it would bloom only in Kasi. During his trip to Kasi he was shocked as ashes did not bloom into river. At that time his disciple narrated the incident which happened at Kumbakonam. Then he took them again to Kumbakonam and after his bath in the Cauvery, he saw ashes were turned into flowers. Later he dissolved the ashes in the Cauvery. Then the guru and disciple discovered that Kumbakonam was more holy than Kasi and worshipped the Vinayaga. Since then the temple has been known as Bhagavadh Vinayaga Temple.

Vinayaka Chaturthi is celebrated in a grand manner in this temple

Timings

6.00 am to 12.00 noon

4.00 pm to 8.00 pm