Sri Sampath Vinayagar Temple

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Sri Sampath Vinayagar Temple
Sri Sampath Vinayagar Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Deity	Ganesha
Location
Location	Visakhapatnam
State	Andhra Pradesh
Country	India
Location in Visakhapatnam
Geographic coordinates	17°43′29″N 83°18′46″E / 17.724702°N 83.312717°E / 17.724702; 83.312717

Sri Sampath Vinayagar is the prominent deity of Visakhapatnam locals. The temple is located in Asilmetta of Visakhapatnam city.^[1]

This temple was built in 1962 by T.S. Rajeshwaran and T.S. Selvaganesan later it comes under Endowments Department of Andhara Pradesh. Local people still believe that during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 this temple saved city from attack of PNS Ghazi and sank that submarine in the coast of Visakhapatnam.^[2]

Sampath Vinayagar Temple is very popular. In this region, people still follow the custom to perform ritual of any newly purchased vehicle.^[3] This temple is situated at one of the busiest areas in city and every year Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated in a great pomp. People believe this as a lucky temple of the city^[4]