Uchishtta Ganapathy temple in Manimoorthesswaram located on the bank of Thamirabarani river in Tirunelveli.
Temple is 2 KM far away from Tirunelveli junction.
It was built in 10th century by the Pandya king.
Ganapathy blesses the devotees by placing his wife Neela Saraswati in his lap.
The temple is surrounded by a five storied Raja gopuram surrounded by a fort.
Uchishtta Ganapathy seated his wife Neela Saraswathi in her left thigh and hugged her with her two hands, holding the body in the lap of the goddess and holding the bow and arrows in the same palm with love and affection.
Uchishtta Ganapathy is the 8th form of his 32 appearances.
Ucchhishta Ganapati is called the 'Lord of Blessed Offerings'
The specialty of the temple is that the demands of husband-wife unity, happiness, the abolition of marriage and the reunification of the estranged husband and wife are fulfilled immediately by the blessing of Lord Ganesha.
Uchishtta Ganapathi is surrounded by the 16 types of Ganesha statues.
Kushi Ganapathy (குஷி கணபதி), Vijaya Ganapathy (விஜய கணபதி), Sakthi Ganapathy (சக்தி கணபதி), Veera Ganapathy (வீர கணபதி) and so.
Almost 16 statues arounds main statue.
Source from Wikipedia:-
Asia’s largest five storied Raja gopuram for Lord Ganapathy.
Special Days:-
On the first 3 days of Tamil New year (சித்திரை 1,2,3) sun light falls exactly on Lord Uchishtta Ganapathi.
On that day all the wealth should be given to those who worship Lord Ganapathy.
Vinayaka Chaturthi festival celebrates 10 days in this temple.
It also includes the Sun & Moon god in this campus.