Shri Sampath Vinayaka Temple - Visakhapatnam

Shri Sampath Vinayaka Temple: Sampath Vinayak Temple in Asilametta Vizag is one of the oldest and most famous temples in the City and the presiding deity of Lord Vinayaka is made up of black marble. Thousands of devotees visit the temple every day to pay homage to the lord.  People who buy new vehicles come here to perform the ritual of newly purchased vehicle and it becomes Customary among the people and still following.

Shri Sampath Vinayaka Temple  - Visakhapatnam

Shri Sampath Vinayaka Swamy Temple was built in 1962  by T.S. Rajeshwaran and T.S. Selvaganesan in the premises of M/s S.G.Sambandan and Co in Visakhapatnam and soon become the busiest temple in the city. People from different places in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, and the Godavari Districts visit the temple regularly and worships the deity to receive the blessings of the Lord Ganesha.

Facts about Shri Sampath Vinayak Temple in Visakhapatnam

• Sampath Vinayaka Temple was actually build to obviate  Vasth Dosha of the building and to create a worship place to their own family members and staff. Soon, the local fishermen started visiting the temple to offer prayers before they visit the market with their catch.
• In 1967, Kanchi Peetadhipathi, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati came here to worship the lord and placed Sri Ganapati Yantra in the inner side of the temple.
• Admiral Krishnan of Eastern Naval Command broke 1001 Coconuts in the premises of the temple for saving the City from the Indo-Pak war in 1971 after the Ghazi submarine destroyed near to Visakhapatnam Coast
• More than 2 million devotees visit the temple every year to perform the rituals of doing pooja to their new Vehicles and students' visits before the exams to score the good marks in the exams. 
• Pandits perform Telugu Tamil traditional way of doing pooja and worship.
• The festivities are celebrated here for a period of 9 days in honor of Lord Ganesha Chavathi festival. On this occasion, Lord Ganesha will be seen in unique Alankarana each day to the Devotees. 
• During the Ganesh Chaturthi, the Navaratri Festival temple will conduct Annaprasadam for 2000 devotees daily.
• Due to the temple innovative architectural style with a small compound, the devotees can go for the darshan any time in the day but the temple gates open from 6:00 AM to 10:30 AM in the morning and from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM in the evening and there is no entry fee also.

Lord Vinayaka is known as God of Sucess, Wisdom, and prosperity. Ganesh is the remover of obstacles, therefore, lord Vigneshwara worshiped first before starting anything new. Come visit the temple to get the holy experience after the worship of the Lord Ganesha. 

The temple is well connected with all the places in the cities with a number of transportation facilities. The temple is located very near to the City R.T.C Complex and 2 km away from the main Railway station of the City. The below map explains you the way from RTC Complex to Shri Sampath Vinayaka Temple.