HINDU TEMPLES
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Mollavar - Selva Vinayagar. Mollavar - Selva Vinayagar Festivals Vinayak chathurthi Bramhostavam Speciality Selva Vinayagar is present surrounded by 10 other Swayambu Vinayagars in the form of lingams and in the formation of
Address : Shenbakkam
Contact Time : 0600:2000
The main deity who is also the largest Swayambu Vinayaka is called Selva Vinayakar, and there are 10 other Vinayakas next to him in varying sizes. Since they are Swayambu Moorthis, they look more like Shivalingams. Once when Maha periyaval and Sree Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal were travelling by this route, the elephant on which the Chinna swamigal was sitting refused to move when it got near the temple.Any amount of coaxing or cajoling by the mahout did not make it budge. It was only then that the Maha Periyaval remembered having made a vow to offer 108 Setharu Thengai to the Shenbakkam temple which he had totally forgotten about. He immediately requested the accompanying Mutt officials to organise for the same. Once the offering was made, the elephant quietly started moving forward without any protest.