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Thanjavur Vellai Vinayakar Temple is a Hindu temple in Thanjavur in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India.
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Location
Facing east, the Vinayaka temple is situated in East Gate at Thanjavur.
Significance
The presiding deity is Vellai Vinayakar. He is also known as Vallabai Vinayakar as he is found with Vallabai. This temple might have been built during the period of Thanjavur Nayaks. During the period of Vijaya Raghava Nayak, the last Nayak king, a book on this deity known as Vellai Pillayar Kuravanji was written.
Kumbhabhishekham
In 1948 by efforts of Padakatchery Swamy the Mahasamprokshanam also known as Kumbhabhishekham was held. Later during 1982 and 1999 Kumbhabhishekham was held. The latest Kumbhabhishekham was held on 15th September 2014
References
Thanjavur Vellai Vinayakar Temple Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA