Pillaiyarpatti Pillaiyar Temple is an ancient rock-cut cave shrine dedicated to Lord Ganesha, located at Pillayarpatti in Tiruppathur Taluk, Sivaganga district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Pilliyarpatti is located 12 kilometers far, east to Tiruppathur, 3 kilometers far, west to Kundrakudi Murugan temple and 16km far, west to Karaikudi, and 47km far, north-east towards Sivaganga town, the district head-quarters.
The presiding deity of the temple is Karpaka Vinayakar.[1] In the cave temple, there are rock cut images of Siva and other gods as well as several shrines. The Āgama texts found on stone inscriptions in the temple help to date the temple between the years 1091 and 1238 b.c. A unique Tamil image of Pillaiyar found in the temple helps to verify this dating.
The Pillayarpatti Karpaga Vinayagar Temple is among the most established shake cut give in temples of Tamil Nadu and located at Pillayarpatti in Sivagangi region close Karaikudi. Pillayar is the Tamil name of Lord Ganesha, and that is the way the town got its name Pillayar. Here Lord Vinayaga shows up with two hands not at all like alternate pictures in India which has 4 hands, and the Tumbikai is twisted to the correct which again makes this picture one of a kind.
Truth be told, Lord Vinayaga picture with two hands is discovered just at 2 puts on the planet. While the previous one at Pillayarpatti is a picture of Lord Vinayaga in sitting position reflecting with legs collapsed shaping an Ardha Padmasana Pose. One is this at the Pillayarpatti Karpaga Vinayagar temple and other one is found at Afghanistan, yet the distinction is that the later one is a standing posture of Vinayaga.