Arulmigu Manakula Vinayagar Temple

Manakula Vinayagar Temple is a Hindu temple within the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. Dedicated to the god Ganesa, it is a popular pilgrimage web page and traveller vacation spot in Puducherry. The temple is of giant antiquity and predates French profession of the territory. During the tenure of Dupleix, there were attempts to destroy the temple, however it changed into spared owing to robust protests from the Hindu population and the threat of British and Maratha invasion of the territory.

The Manakula Vinayagar Temple is one of the ancient temples in Puducherry, a Union Territory situated inside the southern part of the Indian sub-continent. The temple is 400 meters West of the Bay of Bengal, 165 km South of Chennai, 23 km of North of Cuddalore and 35 km East of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The major deity of this temple, "Manakula Vinayagar", is going through east. The temple was once bordered on the east aspect through Orlean Street, south by means of Jawaharlal Nehru Street, north by means of Law-de-Louristhon avenue and west by using a canal jogging north-south.