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Gorakhi Ganapati-Karnataka
 
This is situated at Gokarna and also called SiddhaGanapati.The idol is two handed and 1.5m tall.Shri.Ganesha was in the guise of a cowboy(Gorakhi),who was handed over the ShivaLinga by the demon king Ravana,at this place.In spite of his instructions,Ganesha put down the ShivaLinga on the ground.The fumed Ravana hit a blow on the head of Ganesha,leaving a wound therein.Hence this temple is the Ganesha with a wound in the head.

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