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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{EngvarB|date=January 2014}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}<br /> <br /> {{unreferenced|date=November 2010}}<br /> <br /> Panchama is a small village famous for the temple of Panchama Ganesh or Siddha Vinayaka as it is locally known. Legend says that the Gajapati King Purushottama deva (15th century) of [[Puri]] on the way to his conquest of the [[Kanchi Kingdom]] recovered the image in the hollow of two trees of [[Ficus benghalensis|Bara]] and [[Ficus religiosa|Ashwattha]] and paid his homage to the image after its consecration. Since then the place is sanctified and has become an important centre of Ganapataya worship, preserving the great tradition of Panchadevata worship of Orissa. The idol still remains inside the trunk of two large ficus trees. A temple is constructed around it. Around 200,000 devotees from [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]] visit this shrine on the day of [[Ganesh Chaturthi]].<br /> <br /> ==Transport==<br /> Nearest railway station is 12&amp;nbsp;km away at [[Berhampur]], on [[Chennai]]-[[Howrah]] railways.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *[http://www.odisha360.com/infopedia/5/123/panchama-ganesh the elephant headed god of two neighbouring states]<br /> <br /> {{coord |19.232306|84.737952|display=title}}<br /> <br /> {{Hindu temples in Orissa}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Hindu temples in Ganjam district]]</div>

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