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Maha Ganapathi Mahammaya Temple

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Maha Ganapathi Mahammaya Temple
Maha Ganapathi Mahammaya Temple. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Maha Ganapathi Mahammaya Temple is a Hindu temple in Shirali in the Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka state. The temple is dedicated to the god Ganesha as Mahaganapati (Maha Ganapathi) and the goddess Mahamaya (Shantadurga). The temple is the Kuladevata Temple (family temple) of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community. The temple god is a Kuladevata (family deity) of the Kamaths, Bhats, Puraniks, Prabhus, Joishys, Mallyas, Kudvas and Nayak families from the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community. The Temple was built about 400 years ago. It was renovated in 1904.

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