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There is a temple in Tamil Nadu near Nagarcoil,Kanya Kumari District, where the idol of Lord Ganesha changes colors.
This temple is about 15 Km from Nagarcoil.
Lord Vinayakar’s idol changes its color to black and white once in every six months.
During Utharayan (March-June), the idol is black,
and in Dakshiyana (July-Feb) idol turns to white.
This temple came to be known as ‘’Miracle Ganesh Temple.
There is a well inside the temple complex and the color of the water too changes every six months. When the idol is white, the water changes to black and vice versa!
The Temple is also dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Temple Legend.
The king, who ruled Keralapuram, went for a pilgrimage to Rameshwaram, a famous shivite temple facing Bay of Bengal. A Ganesh idol is washed over while the king and his men were washing their legs at the Rameshwaram beach. The king then gifts it to his Rameshwaram counterpart ‘’Sethu Mannan’’. Sethu Mannan was overwhelmed by the love and affection, however he returns the gift back to the Keralapuram King. It was his opinion and belief that the finder should have it and it was the right thing to do. Along with the idol, the Rameshwaram King gifts another Huge Emerald Idol. However, the Mogul later looted the emerald idol during their invasion. They could not take the idol with them, it was stuck to the ground.
Citation.
http://temple-stories.blogspot.in/2010/10/sri-mahadevar-athisaya-vinayakar-temple.html
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