ABOUT

The Eachanari Vinayagar Temple is situated about 12 km from Coimbatore. It is dedicated to Vinayagar or Lord Ganesh who is said to have 32 forms some of them being--Bala Ganpati, Taruna Ganapati, Dvaja Ganapati, Veera Ganapati and Ekantanta Ganapati. There is an interesting little legend to this temple. It is said that when the 6 feet tall Vinayaga idol was being transported from Madurai in a cart to Patteeswarar Temple, the cart’s axle broke. The idol then seated itself to the place it is currently at. Efforts to transport it to Perur did not materialize and this is how this temple came into being. Service includes God’s procession in a golden chariot (every evening around 7pm) and the Ganapathy Homam (everyday early morning at 5:30pm). Both of these are chargeable poojas, and the money goes into the maintenance of the temple. It is believed that a Ganapathy Homam conducted on weddings, birthdays, business set up days or other auspicious occasions is highly fruitful for success of the sevarthigal. The temple also hosts a meal open to all called the ‘Annadhana’, where delicious lunch is served to everyone who comes in. Festivals celebrated here are the Aadi perukku, Saraswathy Pooja, Thai Pongal, Deepawali, Vinayagar Chaturthi and Tamil New Year.