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The War For a Ganesh Statue


At around 600 AD/650 AD or so, the Pallavas under king Narasimhavarman from Tamil Nadu invaded a place in north Karnataka called Vatapi which was the capital of their rivals, the Chalukyas (Now called Badami) where they stole a ganesh statue from an abandoned temple on a hill.

It was brought back as a war trophy after their victory in their battle by their top general, Paranjothi (later named Siruthondar after he became a Nayanmar saint) 

It is now installed in the Uthrapathisvaraswami temple in the village of Thiruchenkaattankudi (or Tiruchenkattankudi) near Karaikal, in Tamil Nadu, according to Google.

Source of this story: The tour guide when I visited Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu. 







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