panca mAtanga mukha gaNapatina

tyagarajadasa · Post by **tyagarajadasa** » 03 Nov 2009, 18:09

Hi,
Could anyone throw light on "panca mukha gaNapati" as described by Dikshitar in the kriti "panca- mAtanGga-mukha-gaNapati" ?

Dikshitar mentions that this Ganapati is in Tiruvarur (in the line " kamalApura vihArENa"). I have been to Tiruvarur but I don't recollect having seen a panca mukha gaNapati. Or have I missed it?

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 04 Nov 2009, 10:45

Here are the lyrics http://www.medieval.org/music/world/car ... mukha.html

PUNARVASU · Post by **PUNARVASU** » 04 Nov 2009, 19:43

MDS has sung on the 16 gaNapatis (shODasha gaNapati) in and around the tiruvarur temple.This must be one of them But I am slo curious as to where it is.

tyagarajadasa · Post by **tyagarajadasa** » 05 Nov 2009, 18:16

@mohan:
Thanks for the link....I know the meanings of the song already.

@Punarvasu:
Me too! My friend, who happens to be a temple buff like me, has been to Tiruvarur many times but even he says that he has not noticed a panca mukha ganapati. In fact some doubt that shodasha ganapati kritis were written on 16 different forms of ganapati at Tiruvarur. This article is very interesting in this respect:
http://sriramv.wordpress.com/2008/02/22 ... ar-a-myth/

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 05 Nov 2009, 21:22

Can the title be altered to 'panca mAtangamukha gaNaptinA'?

vidya · Post by **vidya** » 07 Nov 2009, 01:55

There is a panchamukha gaNapati in the outer prAkAram of the
Tyagesa sannidhi.