Dear Friends, Wishing everybody on this forum a very Happy Ganesh Chaturthi. Lord Ganesha resides in almost every Hindu's household. He is also known as "Vighnaharta" meaning remover of all obstacles. Before any "shubhkaarya", we worship Ganesha so that he will help us to accomplish our task without any obstacles. In india, there are countless number of Ganesh temples. All of us have seen many beautiful temples dedicated to Lord Ganesha. Through this thread, let us all have a darshan of the Lord as he is worshipped in different places. Sometime ago, we visited Ganpatipule. It is a small town located in Ratnagiri district on the Konkan coast in Maharashtra. The Ganpati temple at Ganpatipule is a 'Swayambhu' Ganpati temple (Swayambhu means a self-originated idol) and it is a beautiful temple on shore. It is also one of the eight Ganapatis (Ashtavinayak) of India. The whole hill is considered as Ganpati and devotees take a "pradakshina" (walking in a circle around the idol) not only around the temple but the entire hill. Every year in the months of February and November the sunrays fall directly on the Ganpati idol. Friends, on this festive occasion, do share some of the temples that you have visited....
On this Auspiciou Chathurthi, we have good darshan of Ganpati. thanks for sharing. Happy Chathurthi to all.
Thanks for posting the pictures and the info. In India there are so many Pilgrimage centres to see. Had a good darshan of ganapati. There are 6 ashtavinayak temples near pune. They are 1 Moreshwar Temple Morgaon, District Pune 2 Siddhivinayak Temple Siddhatek,District Ahmadnagar 3 Ballaleshwar Temple Pali, District Raigad 4 Varadavinayak Temple Mahad, District Raigad 5 Chintamani Temple Theur,District Pune 6 Girijatmaj Temple Lenyadri, District Pune 7 Vighnahar Temple Ozar, District Pune 8. Mahaganapati Temple Ranjangaon,District Pune According to Shastra, first you have to visit Moreshwar of Moregaon. Then visit Siddhatek, Pali, Mahad, Thevur, Lenyandri, Ozar, Ranjangaon, and then again Moregaon will end your Ashtavinayak Yatra. Some of these murtis are called Swayambhu effigies, or the self-existent in Sanskrit. This is to indicate that no human created these murtis, they were found completely formed by nature.
Thanks Chabolu for the info. Will keep in mind the sequence of the Ashtavinayak Darshan. May you have a blessed Ganesh Chaturthi...