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Uthrapathiswaraswamy Temple is a Hindu temple in Tiruchenkattankudi in Tiruvarur district in the Tamil Nadu state of India. Though it is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, it is more famous for its Ganesha (Ganapati) icons.〔 The main Ganesha shrine depicts him with a human head, instead of the elephant head he is usually depicted with.〔 Vatapi Ganapati, the other Ganesha icon, was installed in a smaller shrine at a later date, though has . ==Names and legend== The Shiva temple was known as Siruthonda Ganapatishvara, named over Siruthondar. The name "Ganapatishvara", which also gives the town his alternate name "Ganapatishvaram", denotes Shiva as "Lord of Ganesha" and alludes to the legend that Ganesha killed a demon called Gajamukhasura and then worshipped his father Shiva here.〔Ayyar p. 402〕〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Vatapi Ganapati )〕
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