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Siddhivinayak,
Sarasbag Ganpati, Sarasbag ganesha,
Sarasbag Ganesh, Dashbhuja, Hedvi Ganpati, Hedvi Ganesha, Hedvi
Ganesh, Mahaganpati, Siddhivinayak Ganpati, Titwala Ganpati,
Titwala Ganesh, Titwala Ganesha, Nagpur Ganpati, Anjarle Ganpati,
Anjarle Ganesha, anjarle Ganesh,
Shri Kadyavar, Kadyavar Ganpati, kadyavar Ganesh, Kadyavar Ganesha,
Vazir Naka Ganpati, vazir naka Ganesha, Vazir Naka Ganesh, Nagpur
Ganesha, Nagpur Ganesh, Aurangabad Ganpati, Aurangabad Ganesh,
Aurangabad Ganesha, Satara Ganpati, Satara Ganesh, Satara Ganesha,
Sangli Ganpati, Sangli Ganesha, sangli Ganesh, Ratanagiri Ganpati,
Ratnagiri Ganesha, Ratnagiri Ganesh, Pune Ganpati, Pune Ganesha,
pune ganesh, marathawada Ganpati, Marathwada Ganesha, Marathwada
Ganesh, Nasik Ganpati, Nasik Ganesha, Nasik Ganesh, Kolhapur
Ganpati, Kolhapur Ganesha, Kolhapur Ganesh, Phadkewadi Ganpati
, Phadkewadi Ganesha,
Phadkewadi Ganesh, Ganpati Parvati Pune , Swayambhu Ganesha,
Swayambhu Ganesh, Vanchhasiddhivinayak, Vanchhasiddhivinayak
Ganpati, VanchhasiddhivinayakGanesha, Vanchhasiddhivinayak Ganesh
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Shri Siddhivinayak - Prabhadevi :
Mumbai's Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple at Prabhadevi
is a two hundred old structure and it is believed that the
Lord fulfills the desires of his worshipers. Siddhivinayak
is the reigning deity of Mumbaikars who have an amazing
faith in the Lord. So much so, that a few years back when
the city was facing an acute water shortage, almost all
of Mumbai, right from its film stars to its mill workers
prayed to Siddhivinayak for rains and it did rain !
The
temple was consecrated in 1801 as a small structure housing
the black stone idol of the Lord. The striking feature of
this idol is the tilt of its trunk to the right side. The
idol has four hands holding a lotus in upper right, a small
axe in upper left, holy beads in the lower right and a bowl
full of modaks. On both sides of the statue are Riddhi &
Siddhi, goddesses signifying sanctity, fulfillment, prosperity
and riches. There is an eye etched on the forehead of the
deity resembling the third eye of Lord Shiva.
The area housing the deity has been altered several times
in the past. The final result was a monolithic structure
that was accomplished by a fortnight-long series of rituals.
The consecration ceremonies ended with the Kalash Pratishthapana
and Kumbhabhishek ceremony. These ceremonies were performed
by Shree Shankaracharya of Shree Shardapeeth Shringeri Bharatitirth
Mahaswami on Monday, the 13th of June 1994.
In a normal temple, the foundation carries on up to the
Kalash, which is a pointed dome at the top. This has a religious
significance. The Kalash was lowered with proper rituals
and is now kept as an exhibit within the temple area.
The temple's garbhagriha has been designed to provide maximum
convenience to devotees. It is a spacious enclosure with
three main doors of almost 13 feet height facilitating the
'darshan' of 'Shree Siddhivinayak' from either the area
surrounding the garbhagriha or the stage (Sabha Mandap)
constructed to conduct pujas and festivities.
A mezzanine floor with a viewers gallery has also been constructed
to enable devotees to see the Lord from there. The area
surrounding the garbhagriha has been designed as a sitting
area. The stage adjoining the sanctum sanctorum is used
as a platform for darshan sought by the devotees unable
to form queues for entering the site. As many as 1.5 to
2 lakh people use this facility every Tuesday. On Angaraki
Sankashti Chaturthi the darshan begins at 2 a.m. Tuesday
morning halts only at about 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. On
Tuesdays the mezzanine floor is opened after 1 p.m after
all pujas are conducted.
The sanctum sanctorum or the garbhagriha is an octagonal
enclosure having a width of 10 ft and comprises a silver
plated Makhar. Makhar is a smaller structure within the
garbhagriha housing the idol of Lord. The dome inside the
garbhagriha is gold plated and has been designed to enhance
the beauty of the idol. It is lighted with an exquisite
chandelier. The main doors are made of perforated wood depicting
Ashta Ganapati, Ashta Laxmi and ashtavatar.
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Dashabhuja Laxmi Ganesh :
Hedvi, Tal. Guhagar, Dist. Ratnagiri. It is near to Chiplun
& Guhagar. Magh Ganesh Jayanti is celebrated on grand
scale.
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Kasaba Ganapati - Pune :
It is tutelar God of Pune. Rajmata Jijabai consecrated the
idol. In weddings ceremony, first invitation is give to
this Ganesh.
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Shri Mahaganapati (Titwala) :
By propitating Ganesh Idol, Consecrated by sage Kanva, Devi
Shakuntala & king Dushyant came together after a long
period of disagreement. Shakuntala & king Dushyant god
married here only. Idol from Mahabharat period was vanished,
while constructing lake peshwa saradar Ramchandra Mehendale
got the present idol. The Madhavrao Peshwe consecrated this
idol. If Mahaganapati is worshipped regularly marriages
of desired people can be fixed easily. If Mahaganpati is
propitlated properly, conflicts between husband & wife
come to end. Those who desires to have son, will get son.
In Mahaganpati’s temple, there is sanctum of Lord
Shivshankar towards right. In the right hand corner of the
sanctum, padukas of great Ganesh devotees late Shri Vengaonkar
Joshi are consecrated. Devotes should take darshan of these
padukas. Since Mahaganapatis idol was worshipped properly
& scientifically by sages in ancient times, today also
idol looks alive. Ther is a temple of Vithoba - Rukmini
near Mahaganpati’s temple. One iron tube is sent out
of sanctum of this temple. It is said that sound of Bhajans
(holy songs in praise of God) going on in the temple of
Pandharpur can be heard from this tube. You can also visit
nearly places like satis memorial, jaypal maharaj’s
Samadhi, shiv temple in vasundry village. Lodging &
boarding arrangements are availabe with ancestral poojary
Shri Govindrao Joshi. Private hotels & lodges are not
available in Titwala. Titwala is a third railway station
from Kalyan on Mumbai-Nashik railway line. Titwala, Asangaon,
Kasara locals are available from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
of Mumbai.
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Shri Ganapati - Vazira Naka, Borivli :
Idol is inborn (swayambhu) spiritually awakened place. Devotes
come in big numbers.
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