Anegudde
Shree Vinayaka Temple, Kumbhashi, Kundapura Taluk, Udupi District, Karnataka
Bu
Elango Kadhirvel
Location
Ø Kumbhashi is between
Kundapura and Udupi on National Highway-17 (7 Km from Kundapura and 30 Km from
Udupi)
Ø This place is about 450
kilometers from Bengaluru, the State capital
Ø A big arch on NH-17 near
Kumbhashi indicates where we have to drive to reach the temple (pic attached)
Ø The nearest airport is
Mangalore (Bajpe) Airport, which is about 85 kilometers from this place
Presiding
Deities
Ø Lord Vinayaka/Ganapathi
o Also called “Shree Siddi
Vinayaka" and "Sarva Siddi Pradaayaka” (the provider of all boons)
History
Ø Sage Gouthama had his
hermitage here in Dwapara yuga, and several sages, including Agasthya, did
tapas here
Ø Kumbha, a powerful
Rakshasa (called Kumbhasura), strengthened by boons he obtained from Lord Shiva
through rigorous penance, troubled the sages of Gouthama's hermitage
Ø When the Pandavas were
passing this way on a pilgrimage, Sage Gouthama appealed to Yudhistira to came
to the aid of the inmates of the Ashrama
Ø Yudhistira asked his
brother Bhima, who was ever ready to fight with the Rakshasas, to destroy
Kumbha and his army.
Ø But Kumbha, strengthened
as he was by divine boons, proved a match even for Bhima
Ø After a day long battle
with the Rakshasa proved inconclusive, Bhima heard a voice from the skies
saying that the Rakshasa can be eliminated only with the sword obtained from
lord Ganapathi
Ø So Bhima worshiped
Ganapathi, Who appeared before him in the form of an elephant and gave him a
mighty sword
Ø With that sword, Bhima
decapitated Kumbha and destroyed his demon army
Ø The place where Bhima
killed Kumbha with as asi (sword) came to be known as Kumbhasi
Ø And the hill where lord
Ganapathi appeared before Bhima is known as The Elephant Hill “Gajagiri”
in Sanskrit and “AneGudde” in Kannada
Specialties
Ø The idol of 12 feet tall
AneGudde Vinayaka in the very elephant form is made of a single stone
Ø Lord Vinayaka sports a
Vaishnava style tilak on the forehead
o Devotees also praise Him
as Vishnu Roopa Ganapathi
Ø It is also believed that
the statue of Lord Ganapathi is growing every year!
Legend
Ø As the demon (Kumbhasura)
was destroyed with the weapon of Lord Vinayaka, while dying, he realized wisdom
and died a pure soul
o As Kumbhasura was
reformed in this place, it came to be known as Kumbhasi
Legacy
Ø Anegudde the Elephant
hill is a part of Kumbhashi, one of the seven sacred places in the coastal
region called Parashurama Kshetra
Quotes/Hymns
– Sankata Nashana Ganesha Stothra
प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं गौरीपुत्रं विनायकम्
भक्तावासं स्मरेन्नित्यमायु: कामार्थसिद्धये
प्रथमं वक्रतुण्डं च एकदंत द्वितीयकम्
तृतीयं कृष्णपिड्:गाक्ष गजवक्त्रं चतुर्थकम्
लम्बोदरं पंचमं च षष्ठं विकटमेव च
सप्तमं विघ्नराजेंद्रं धूर्मवर्णं तथाष्टकम्
नवमं भालचन्द्रं च दशमं तु विनायकम्
एकादशं गणपतिं द्वादशं तु गजाननम्
द्वादशैतानि नामानि त्रिसंध्यं य: पठेन्नर:
न च विघ्नभयं तस्य सर्वसिद्धिकरं प्रभो:
भक्तावासं स्मरेन्नित्यमायु: कामार्थसिद्धये
प्रथमं वक्रतुण्डं च एकदंत द्वितीयकम्
तृतीयं कृष्णपिड्:गाक्ष गजवक्त्रं चतुर्थकम्
लम्बोदरं पंचमं च षष्ठं विकटमेव च
सप्तमं विघ्नराजेंद्रं धूर्मवर्णं तथाष्टकम्
नवमं भालचन्द्रं च दशमं तु विनायकम्
एकादशं गणपतिं द्वादशं तु गजाननम्
द्वादशैतानि नामानि त्रिसंध्यं य: पठेन्नर:
न च विघ्नभयं तस्य सर्वसिद्धिकरं प्रभो:
Transliterated
Text
praNamya shirasaa devaM
gauriputhraM vinaayakam
bhakthaavaasaM smarenithyaM
aayuH-kaamaarthasiddhaye
prathamaM vakratuNDaM cha
ekadantaM dvithiyakam
tRithiyaM kRishhNa-piNgaakshaM
gajavakthraM chaturthakam
lambodaraM paNchamaM cha ShashThaM
vikaTameva cha
sapthamaM vighna-raajendraM
dhumra-varNaM tathaashTamam
navamaM baalachandraM cha dashamaM
tu vinaayakam
ekaadashaM gaNapathiM dvaadashaM
tu gajaananam
dvaada-shaitaani naamaani
trisandhyaM yaH paThennaraH
na cha vighnabhayaM tasya
sarvasiddhikaraH prabhuH
Translation
For all who yearn
for life, wealth and love - Should salute with their head, Lord Ganapathi - the
son of Parvathi
Think of Him - first as The Lord
with a broken tusk, Second as the Lord with one tusk, Third as the Lord with
reddish black eyes, Fourth as the Lord Who has the face of an elephant
Fifth as the Lord who has a very
broad paunch, Sixth as the Lord who is cruel to his enemies, Seventh as the
Lord who is remover of all obstacles, Eighth as the Lord Who is of the colour
of smoke
Ninth as the Lord who has a
crescent in His forehead, Tenth as the Lord, who is the Chief Lead remover of
obstacles, Eleventh as the Leader of the army of Lord Shiva, And twelfth as the
Lord who has the face of an elephant
Those reading these twelve names
at dawn, noon and dusk - will never have fear of defeat and would always
achieve all that they want
Reference
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