Manakula Vinayagar Temple Pondicherry

#manakulavinayagartemple #pondyvinayagartemple #manakulavinayagar Manakula Vinayagar Temple is a Hindu temple in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. Dedicated to the god Vinayagar. In Tamil 'Manal' means sand and 'Kulam' means pond near the sea, earlierly which was full of sand around pond. So the people called the god as Manal Kulathu Vinayagar [means God near the pond of sand]. Later it is named as MANAKULA VINAYAGAR. Temple was in existence before the French came and settled in Pondicherry i.e. before 1666. DHARSHANAM TIMINGS Morning 5.45 am to 12.30 pm Evening 4.00 pm to 09.30 pm