Plate DEI · NESHGaneshaगणेश
URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:ganesh
Deities · ganapatya
Provisionalगणेश
Ganesha
ISynopsis
Elephant-headed son of Shiva and Parvati. Remover of obstacles, patron of arts and beginnings. First deity invoked in any auspicious undertaking.
Provenance ledger
8 entries
- Pantheonganapatya · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
- Name (mal/Mlym)ഗണേശൻtextual
- Name (hin/Deva)गणेश · also: गणपति, विनायक, पिल्लयारtextual
- Name (kan/Knda)ಗಣೇಶtextual
- Name (tel/Telu)గణేశుడుtextual
- Name (tam/Taml)விநாயகர்textual
- Name (eng/Latn)Ganesha · also: Ganapati, Vinayaka, Vighneshvaratextual
- Enshrined at3 templescommunity attested
IIFamily lineages worshipping this deity
Verified family lineages that hold this deity as their kuladevataa (family patron deity). The kuladevataa registry (ADR-0044) grows as contributors share their family patron deity through lineage submissions.
Where families offer to this kula-devata
The temples that enshrine Ganesha — where a family whose kula-devata this is can trace its shrine and offer dāna.
- Arulmigu Ammachar Pillaiyar Pidari TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Angoora Vinayagar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Ayyanar And Pillaiyar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Chellapillaiyar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Karpaka Vinayagar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Periya Vinayagar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Pending verification
- Arulmigu Sunthara VinayagarPrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Thachan Pillaiyar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Vandithurai Pillayar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Vidhya Ganapathi TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Vinayagar Anaikattu Karuppannaswamy TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Arulmigu Vinayagar Bajanai TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Ganesh templePrimary shrinePending verification
- Historical Ganesh TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Mahaganapathi temple- HarkoorPrimary shrinePending verification
- Pillayar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- sri ganapathi templePrimary shrinePending verification
- Valalai Siththi Vinayagar TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Vara Siddhi Vinayaka Swami TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Veerakathip Pillayar KovilPrimary shrinePending verification
- vinayagar templePrimary shrinePending verification
- Vinayagayar KovilPrimary shrinePending verification
- Vinayaka TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
Showing 24 of 4,144 recorded shrines — 4,120 more are on the record but are not listed on this page.
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IVFamily lineages
Families who consider Ganesha their kuladevataa have contributed lineage records to the Vamsha archive. The connection persists across generations as part of the hundred-year horizon set for this registry.
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URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:ganesh